[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1152]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             MOVING FORWARD

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, based on the majority leader's 
representations that we are going to move forward and make our best 
effort to finish FISA, I agreed to the 15-day extension last night. He 
is a man of his word, and I know we will do everything we can to wrap 
up that important legislation.
  It is a rare opportunity for a bipartisan accomplishment. It came out 
of the Intelligence Committee 13 to 2. It is the Rockefeller-Bond 
proposal. It is very important to our country, and I know the majority 
leader shares my view that we need to act in order to protect the 
homeland. I commend him for his decision to try to move it forward as 
rapidly as possible.

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