Bob Goodlatte: “I am very pleased that you're holding this hearing, and I thank you for the opportunity to say a few words about it.”

I think there are a number of circumstances, particularly when civil rights, religious organizations, political campaigns, and other important things are being involved in surveillance, that there ought to be somebody not representing the…

Right now would be to pass the Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act.

I think a great first step would be to pass the Fourth Amendment's Not For Sale Act that's been introduced by Chair Nadler.

I think the PATRIOT Act went off track in not defining some of the areas that set parameters around government gathering data.