Political Quotes

“Everyone here wants 702 reauthorized. The case has been made that it is a national security issue, that our troops on the ground need it. They need the intelligence that it provides. We want the CIA and the NSA to run as fast and as far as they can to identify the bad guys. I have deployed on three continents, and believe you me, we want our military to know who to deal with when they get on foreign soil. The FBI has abused 702, and that is why we are here today. I want to reiterate my colleague's comments that we are really dealing with two surveillance bills here today. 702 is getting all of the attention, but the central bank digital currency is another surveillance tool that we sent to the Senate. We passed it in a bipartisan method. Let me explain the difference in the two to the people that are listening. The electronic surveillance is 702, foreign agents on foreign soil. It says nothing about U.S. citizens, U.S. persons on U.S. soil. The central bank digital currency is financial transparency for the Federal Government. Do you want the Federal Government telling you that you cannot buy a Ford 350 or anything else that the government thinks that you may not want to buy, that they will not want you to buy. We have two bills that we are discussing today. All of the attention is on 702, but do not take your attention off CBDC. It is actually maybe more dangerous than 702.”