House Proceeding on Feb 13th, 2008 :: 3:40:04 to 3:42:09
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Speech By: Jerrold Nadler

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Jerrold Nadler: i believe, to permit us to reach an appropriate resolution on this matter of utmost importance. and therefore your committee on judiciary comes before you to urge support for this short-term

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: extension. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: t gentleman from michigan reserves re the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield

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Speech By: F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i strongly oppose h.r. 5349 which extends the protect america act for 21 days. another

3:40:35 to 3:40:47( Edit History Discussion )

F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: extension is unacceptable and unnecessary. last august congress enacted the protect america act to close a dangerous loophole in our ability to collect foreign intelligence. the democratic

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: majority insisted on an arbitrary six-month sunset. instead of using that time wisely, they ignored the needs of our intelligence community and passed a partisan unworkable bill, the restore act.

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: then two weeks ago the house democratic majority insisted on another extension, again they squandered the last two weeks. now house democrats want more time but their time is up. we know from

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: admiral mcconnell, director of national intelligence, that before congress enacted the protect america act the intelligence community was missing 2/3 of all overseas terrorist communications, endangering

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: american lives. some in congress are willing to let the protect america act expire because ongoing surveillance under the act can continue for up to a year. this might be acceptable if the

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: terrorist threat also expired this weekend, but it doesn't. if the act expires, we will return to the status quo unable to beginny new feign intelligence surveillance without a court order. again

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F. James Jr.Sensenbrenner: threatening america's counterterrorism efforts another extension represents a failure by the house democratic majority to protect the american people. the senate understands this. the intelligence

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Sheila Jackson-Lee: community needs a long-term bill to fix gaps in our intelligence laws, not a 21-day extension. the senate bill addresses the concerns of our intelligence community and has strong bipartisan

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Speech By: Sheila Jackson-Lee