05/11/2009
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"In the 2006 USA Patriot Act Reauthorization, we required, and I helped write this, the Attorney General to adopt procedures to minimize retention and improper dissemination of private information."
"I introduced a bill with Senators Cardin and Kaufman that aims to strike the kind of balance the administration urges."
"I don't believe that subsequent events have proven that there have been any abuses of the Act to date."
"We all want to be safe. We all want to catch criminals. That is not the issue."