[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 48 (Thursday, April 27, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


          INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007

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                               speech of

                           HON. BRAD SHERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 26, 2006

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 5020) to 
     authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for 
     intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
     United States Government, the Community Management Account, 
     and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
     System, and for other purposes:

  Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Chairman, I joined yesterday with the distinguished 
Ranking Member of the Intelligence Committee, Congresswoman Jane 
Harman, in voting against H.R. 5020, the Intelligence Authorization 
bill, to protest the Bush Administration's insistence on wiretapping 
Americans without adhering to the requirements of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act and other statutory provisions on 
wiretapping.

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