[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3653]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          FISA AMENDMENTS ACT

  (Mr. KUHL of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUHL of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the 
FISA Amendments Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation to modernize the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
  It is imperative that we provide our intelligence community with the 
tools it needs to conduct surveillance on foreign terrorists without 
getting tied up in the courts, and this bill would do just that. The 
Senate passed this bipartisan legislation almost a month ago, but the 
House leadership has irresponsibly refused to bring up this bill, which 
is critical to our Nation's security.
  I have chosen to cosponsor the measure because I believe that in 
today's world, we cannot shortchange our ability to confront emerging 
and ongoing threats. Therefore, I urge the majority to bring this 
crucial legislation to a vote.

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