[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 58 (Monday, April 14, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H2228]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     AMERICA IS NOT AS SECURE TODAY

  (Mr. BROUN of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, America is not as secure today as 
it was just several weeks ago.
  The leadership in the House has not allowed the Protect America Act 
to come to the floor, and, thus, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act has expired.
  We cannot monitor what Osama bin Laden and Afghanistan or Pakistan 
are talking about or his phone calls to Iran or any other place in this 
world. FISA only monitors phone calls from one foreign entity to 
another.
  The leadership seems more bent on protecting lawsuits than they are 
in protecting America. I call upon the leadership to let us vote on the 
Protect America Act so that we can make America secure again.

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