[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21889]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          CLOSE FISA LOOPHOLE

  (Mr. BOEHNER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, our Nation faces an 
increased threat of a terrorist attack, and yet, Members on both sides 
of the aisle are well aware of a problem with the Foreign Intelligence 
Surveillance Act. There is a giant loophole that handcuffs the ability 
of our Nation and our intelligence services to gather the information 
that would better protect the American people and our allies around the 
world.
  Congress has known about this issue over the last 3 or 4 months, and 
yet the majority has refused to bring that issue to this floor.
  I encourage all of my colleagues to insist that before we leave here 
for the August district work period, that Congress deal with FISA 
modernization and close this terrorist loophole so we can better 
protect the American people.

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