[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3612]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                  FISA

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, for over 20 days, the 
majority leadership in this House has refused to bring a permanent fix 
to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to the floor. Everyone 
knows that the bill which passed the Senate would pass the House with 
bipartisan support. Yet, we have seen no action on the part of the 
majority. We need to send a clear message to our law enforcement, to 
our military, and to our intelligence community that they will have 
every lawful resource necessary to do their jobs and to protect 
American families. We need to send a clear message to our friends and 
to our enemies that America will do everything possible to stop those 
who have declared war on all Americans anywhere, anytime. It is 
misguided to obstruct our ability to track our enemies out of an 
unfounded fear that our intelligence community has the intent and the 
time to go spying on everyday Americans. The original FISA law 
addresses those concerns. This fix to FISA is about tracking potential 
terrorists overseas and not punishing individuals and businesses that 
would cooperate with our government.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th.

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