[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 128 (Saturday, August 4, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1779]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IMPROVING FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE TO DEFEND THE NATION AND 
                      THE CONSTITUTION ACT OF 2007

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                               speech of

                             HON. DAVID WU

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 3, 2007

  Mr. WU. Madam Speaker, one lesson we Americans learn as children is 
that we should guard our liberty and our security with equal vigor.
  The FISA bill before us, while reinstating the power to direct 
surveillance toward foreigners, protects Americans in two key ways:
  1. An independent judge, and not the attorney general or anyone else 
in the executive branch, will rule on surveillance applications.
  2. Nothing in this bill immunizes any potential illegal surveillance.
  Americans expect accountability, that their private lives remain 
private, and that their own government is one they need not fear, 
especially when we face difficult times. This bill strikes the 
appropriate balance between liberty and security.

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