[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 119 (Thursday, September 21, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H6897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    WIRETAPPING SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the President's 
initiative to surveil known and suspected terrorists who call from 
outside the United States into their calls within our borders. Simply 
put, this initiative has saved lives by gathering valuable intelligence 
our law enforcement has used to prevent and foil terrorist attacks that 
have and continue to be planned, as I speak.
  It simply escapes me how anyone, especially the Democrats, could be 
against such a vital program in the global war on terror.
  Maybe my colleagues are confused about the purpose and parameters of 
this program. This is not a program to listen in on American citizens' 
conversations. To the contrary, it is a narrowly tailored program that 
is used only in the case of international calls coming into the United 
States from known or suspected terrorists.
  As a Nation, we are facing a new kind of war and an enemy using new 
and unconventional means of warfare. Many have characterized this war 
as a clash of civilizations. It is time we face the realization that we 
can use all of the tools available to win this war, or we can ignore 
the threat and pay heavy consequences through American lives.

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