John Cornyn: “I ask the distinguished Republican leader whether the voluntary cooperation of the telecommunications companies that…”

“I ask the distinguished Republican leader whether the voluntary cooperation of the telecommunications companies that have cooperated at the request of the Government and upon certification by the chief law enforcement agent of the country, the Attorney General, is in jeopardy, if we merely continue the current law as opposed to passing the bipartisan Senate bill? And if that is the case, doesn't that just as effectively deny us access to terrorist communications as if we did not pass the law itself? ... They either continue to respond to the request of the American Government to protect the homeland and then run the risk of squandering all the assets of their companies and, thereby, generating a lot of shareholder lawsuits against the directors for violating their fiduciary responsibility.”