[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 5, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H1226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                  FISA

  (Mr. KAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KAGEN. Mr. Speaker, ladies and gentlemen, the American public 
needs to know about misrepresentation. This morning we have heard a 
misrepresentation of reality about the FISA bill.
  We passed a FISA bill that guarantees that we protect not only our 
Nation but our constitutional rights. Every single Member of Congress 
has sworn to uphold our United States Constitution, and that means we 
have judicial oversight, oversight of our administration and the 
executive branch that may reach far too deep into our personal lives. 
No administration has the constitutional right to listen in on U.S. 
citizens. And at no time has FISA gone dark. Our intelligence community 
has at all times been listening in on conversations of those who seek 
to destroy our freedom and our rights.
  Fellow Americans, understand this: The FISA conversation you're 
hearing here on the floor is all about a smokescreen. We have been 
protecting America each and every minute of the day.

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