[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27457]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              RESTORE ACT

  (Mr. BOUSTANY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOUSTANY. Madam Speaker, Washington Democrats have once again 
shown their true colors on FISA. Spurred by the ACLU and their leftist 
liberal friends, Democrats released a weak and ill-conceived attempt at 
reforming our national security intelligence laws.
  Today, advancements in satellite and fiber-optic technologies have 
led to incredible gains in every area of our society, including health 
care, economic expansion, education, and military operations. 
Unfortunately, though, our laws have not advanced and our intelligence 
community continues to face significant obstacles because of simplistic 
and antiquated laws.
  Make no mistake, we live in a time when extremist groups continue to 
plot acts of terror against us both abroad and here at home. National 
Intelligence Director Mike McConnell outlined a list of obstacles he 
faces with the current FISA law and the tools he needs to correct these 
problems. Sadly, the bill proposed by the Democrats leaves our 
intelligence community in the dark. This is too important to play 
political games with foreign intelligence. We need to vote ``no'' on 
this bill.

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