Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the accompanying letter from the presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: United States Foreign Inelligence Surveillance Court, Washington, DC, April 16, 2024. Hon. Richard J. Durbin, Chair, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Hon. Mark R. Warner, Chair, Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Dear Chair Durbin and Chair Warner: On behalf of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), I am writing to express concerns regarding a provision of H.R. 7888, the ``Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act,'' that could seriously disrupt FISC operations without increasing the effectiveness of the FISC in reviewing government surveillance applications. Section 5(a) of H.R. 7888 would require the FISC, ``to the extent practicable and absent exigent circumstances,'' to assign applications to renew Title I surveillance orders for U.S.-person targets to the ``judge who issued the original order.'' Steering renewal applications for U.S.-person targets to a specific judge would be burdensome and disruptive and would not improve the quality of FISC review or enhance privacy protections.…”