Steve Kagen: “ladies and gentlemen, the American public needs to know about misrepresentation. This morning we have heard a…”

“ladies and gentlemen, the American public needs to know about misrepresentation. This morning we have heard a misrepresentation of reality about the FISA bill. We passed a FISA bill that guarantees that we protect not only our Nation but our constitutional rights. Every single Member of Congress has sworn to uphold our United States Constitution, and that means we have judicial oversight, oversight of our administration and the executive branch that may reach far too deep into our personal lives. No administration has the constitutional right to listen in on U.S. citizens. And at no time has FISA gone dark. Our intelligence community has at all times been listening in on conversations of those who seek to destroy our freedom and our rights. Fellow Americans, understand this: The FISA conversation you're hearing here on the floor is all about a smokescreen. We have been protecting America each and every minute of the day.”