Political Quotes

“If I could ask another question of the Senator without losing him the right to the floor, this is a debate, as you were just saying. I think I understand your premises that there are three legs to the stool. There is a Federal Government that wants access, but they should go through the judiciary system, and there are separately the entities that have the actual records, which are the telecom companies, and that keeping those separate, not blending them, not actually giving the telephone companies the right to keep all the data and information of individuals is a critical distinction. You were just describing, I think I understood, that in this case the government was just saying: Oh, keep all of that data and information, which is not exactly what the phone companies had acquired or kept for any business purposes, but it just puts personal data and information at risk. Am I understanding that correctly?”