[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27458]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      THE RESTORE ACT FALLS SHORT

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, when we talk with our constituents, we 
are constantly hearing over and over, protect our freedoms, make 
certain that America is secure. Making certain that our homeland is 
secure is something that comes to the forefront this week.
  The Democrat RESTORE Act does fall short. It falls short of what is 
needed to give our intelligence community the effective tools they need 
to detect and prevent terrorist activities. That is what we want to do, 
prevent it. This bill would restrict the intelligence community, and in 
many cases it gives the appearance of favoring those who do not have 
our best interests at heart. Is that a message that we would seek to 
send? Our intelligence community deserves the full resources of the 
Federal Government, not the red tape of a typical bureaucracy.
  While we agree that proper oversight is necessary, oversight should 
never prohibit the men and women in the intelligence community from 
doing their jobs.
  I encourage my Democrat colleagues to reconsider their support for 
the RESTORE Act.

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