[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4645]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                  FISA

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, some of our Democratic leaders say they 
just cannot agree to give immunity to the telecommunication companies 
for helping after 9/11. Perhaps the reluctance comes from massive 
contributions from law firms suing these patriotic companies.
  Back in the days immediately after 
9/11, we didn't know who all was involved in the most violent attack on 
U.S. soil. We didn't know if another attack was coming the next day or 
where or who would strike next. In that context, the telecommunications 
companies were asked to help their country, and they responded. Just as 
we had men and women respond all over this country to the Nation's call 
to help fight the forces of evil, these companies responded by helping, 
and now many in the majority are letting them be shot by friendly fire. 
These companies heard the cry for help from our Nation and responded, 
yet some in this body want to hang them out to dry on a firing line as 
targets for some of their biggest contributors. Let's pass FISA, with 
immunity from friendly fire.

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