It is a horrific situation and, unfortunately, it will probably be reflected in the lives of so many of these people, not only throughout the rest of their lives, but maybe generat...
We have a humanitarian catastrophe in Syria which continues to unfold.
I would like to take this moment to recognize and express our gratitude to President Obama and Secretary Kerry for their relentless efforts.
We thank you for your strong leadership on this committee and support to Jordan.
I want to put your whole statement in the record.
I think more and more people agree or should agree that we need additional transparency about our government surveillance activities.
Without greater transparency, we are not going to restore public confidence.
One of my biggest concerns about Section 215 phone records is that the legal rationale underpinning it has no limiting principle.
I joined Senator Franken to introduce the Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013.
I believe that the bulk collection program mostly authorized under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act should come to an end.
My bill would not even require anything near this level of reporting.