cross-promoting. after working for bill fist the senate floor is usually empty, so i m glad to see somebody giving a speech.rist, the senate floor is usually empty, so i m glad to see somebody giving a speech. is this metadata collection program actually working? it doesn t stop the boston bombers. and we had tips from the russian government. so as you say, strange bedfellows about and people were concerned about america s national security. whether you re talking about drone war pairfare or excess or the collection of data the thing i certainly found since 9/11 is if you re going to take that position, take the position that rand paul is taking taking the position i ve taken on excessive use of drones, get out of the way. because you ll get run over because the majority of republicans, majority of americans, they support it. they support aggressive drone warfare. and they support because nobody wants to be responsible for what is happening.