[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 209 (Thursday, December 21, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H10348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
REFORM FISA 702 PROGRAM
(Mr. MASSIE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. MASSIE. Mr. Speaker, on December 31 of this year, the FISA 702
surveillance program expires.
Ostensibly, this program allows our intelligence agencies to spy on
and stop terrorism. However, it is a well-known fact that the FBI has
used this program as a back door to our Constitution to spy on
Americans.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues not to reauthorize this program
before December 31 without significant reforms. We all took an oath to
uphold and defend the Constitution. We need to stay true to that oath
and require the FBI to get a warrant if they want to go into the 702
database to surveil Americans.
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