[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 89 (Thursday, June 20, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H3932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           FBI USES DRONES DOMESTICALLY TO PEEP ON AMERICANS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, recently we've learned that the NSA, 
what I call the ``National Surveillance Agency,'' seized millions of 
phone records of Americans to try to find a few bad guys. Overreaching 
and unconstitutional, in my opinion, it violates the right of privacy.
  FBI Director Mueller has now confirmed what many of us already 
believe, that the FBI has used drones domestically to peep on 
Americans. Who are they spying on? Do they have probable cause? Do they 
have a warrant from a judge? We don't know.
  Madam Speaker, by 2030, there will be 30,000 drones cruising, 
filming, looking, spying, snooping, and hovering over America's sky. 
Congress needs to regulate drone use to protect the right of privacy 
and ensure the Fourth Amendment is actually protected.
  Congresswoman Lofgren and I have filed the Preserving American 
Privacy Act (PAPA) to make government snoops and private entities 
follow the Constitution in the use of drones. We must regulate lawful 
and unlawful drone use because drone laws are needed to keep the 
peeping tomcrats out of our business.
  And that's just the way it is.

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