[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 157 (Wednesday, October 17, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H11642]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              RESTORE ACT

  (Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California. Madam Speaker, today the House 
will debate the RESTORE Act, a bill that ensures the intelligence 
community has the tools that it needs to conduct surveillance of 
foreign targets outside of the United States, while at the same time 
restoring constitutional checks and balances that were omitted from the 
Bush administration's FISA bill.
  I do not pretend that this is the perfect bill; few bills meet that 
standard. However, the President has made many false claims about it. 
For example, he has claimed that this bill will unnecessarily delay the 
collection of foreign intelligence information and may cause us to ``go 
dark'' while chasing leads. That's blatantly false.
  The RESTORE Act allows for immediate collection in emergency 
situations without obtaining court approval, so we will never go dark. 
However, unlike current law, the RESTORE Act puts the FISA Court back 
in the business of protecting Americans' private communications, just 
as Congress intended when it created FISA.
  To have a truly secure America, without compromising American values, 
we must fight terrorists without jeopardizing the civil liberties that 
make our Nation great.
  I urge my colleagues to support this legislation.

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