[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4641-4642]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             PASS FISA FIX

  (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, it's been over 40 days 
since the Protect America Act expired and our Nation's ability to 
defend itself was jeopardized. Before Congress left for a 2-week 
recess, the majority leadership brought a bogus bill to the floor that 
narrowly passed the House of Representatives, that probably will never 
see the light of day in the Senate, and most assuredly would be vetoed 
by the President. They knew this. And yet they chose a flawed piece of 
legislation over a bipartisan fix to the FISA loophole.
  There is a bill that has been supported by a bipartisan majority of 
Senators, including the chairman of the Select Senate Committee on 
Intelligence, the Department of Justice, the White House, our 
Intelligence Community, and publicly by Democrats in the House. Rather 
than take the necessary steps to protect American families by holding a 
vote on this legislation, the majority leadership has chosen to try and 
discredit the entire issue and claim that all is well. The American 
people know better and deserve better.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th.

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