[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7841]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--H.R. 2048

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that since a 
strong bipartisan majority of the Senate voted to invoke cloture on the 
motion to proceed to the USA FREEDOM Act, that the motion to proceed be 
agreed to, that the bill then be read a third time, and the Senate vote 
on passage of the USA FREEDOM Act.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?
  Mr. BURR. Objection.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard.
  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, let's be clear what happened here. We 
tried with the majority----
  Mr. McCONNELL. Regular order.
  Mr. BURR. Regular order.
  Mrs. BOXER. To protect this country, and the Republicans objected. 
Let's be clear.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Regular order has been called for. 
Debate is not in order.
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN addressed the Chair.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Debate is not in order.
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, if I may a point of personal 
privilege.
  Mr. President, I would like to correct the majority leader, 
regretfully. I did not support the Burr bill. I do not believe that is 
the way to go. I have taken a good look at this. For those who want 
reform and want to prevent the government from holding the data, the 
FREEDOM Act is the only way to do it. The House has passed it. The 
President wants it. All of the intelligence personnel have agreed to 
it, and I think not to pass that bill is really to throw the whole 
program--that whole section 215 as well as the whole business records, 
the ``lone wolf,'' the roving wiretaps--into serious legal jeopardy.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Regular order, Mr. President.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Regular order.

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