On the recordJanuary 11, 2018
This body cannot be afraid of the Constitution. It has been our guiding moral force for this Nation for all of our beginnings and our nows. This amendment is truly an amendment that will protect and provide for the FBI to do its work and to protect our men and women around the world who are wearing the uniform unselfishly. But let me be very clear: all this amendment does, frankly, is provide a roadmap for the FBI to utilize when it is surveying and it is using the private data of Americans. All the amendment does is ask the FBI and the Attorney General, where there is probable cause, that such communication provide evidence of a crime; and, as well, if there is a foreign power or foreign agent, to be able to utilize a warrant, and that is the protection of the Fourth Amendment. Uphold the Constitution. Vote for the Amash-Lofgren amendment and let's move forward on this legislation.
