Extension of Authorities of Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

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Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, Republicans called us up at the last minute to do yet another short-term extension of FISA.

This is just a sham. It has been months now, and we have done multiple short-term extensions. I voted against the last one because I knew that there was not actually going to be a reform proposal put on the table because, suddenly, even the bipartisan members, including my good friend, the Chairman, who has been with us for these reforms in the past, suddenly have decided that they are just going to bow down to what Donald Trump wants. Donald Trump doesn't want any reforms.

We know what the American people want. They want a warrant requirement. That is a bipartisan position. If you put a warrant requirement on the floor right now, it would pass. Maybe the President would have to veto it, but it would pass. People would see that the Congress of the United States is standing up for the privacy rights of Americans that are guaranteed in our Constitution.

This is not about national security versus constitutional rights. This is about how we do both together.

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