The debate is under an hour. Expires january 13. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Stewart mr. Speaker, i rise today in support of s. 139. On january 19, the fisa amendments acts of 2008 will expire. This vital legislation includes section 702 which permits the government to target foreign citizens located overseas to obtain foreign intelligence information. Section 702 is one of the most if not the most Critical National security tool used by our Intelligence Community to obtain intelligence on Foreign Terrorists located overseas. Now, some claim 702 vacuums bulk information without due regard to the intended target. This assertion is simply false. 702 is a targeted program with roughly 106,000 foreign targets worldwide. Given the worldwide population is about 7. 5 billion, this program can hardly be described as bulk collection. Section 702 targets spies, terrorists, weapons proliferators and other foreign adversaries who threaten the United States and locating them is crucial to prot
Devoted to 56164 to approve the legislation. The Current Authority expires january 19. The debate is just under an hour. Section 702 is one of the most, if not the most Critical National security tool used by our Intelligence Committee to overseas. Elligent some claim 702 packages all information. This assertion is simply false. 702 is a targeted program was roughly 106,000 foreign targets worldwide. It given that the worldwide population is about 7. 5 billion, this program can hardly be described as a question. Improvise foreign adversaries who threaten the United States and locating them is crucial to protecting our troops and homeland. As an example, the second in command in isis was located via section 02. He was later removed from the battle 702. He was later removed from battle. This demonstrates the necessity of this authority. Subject to oversight by all branches of government, section 702 is one of the most intelligenceerseen authority. While compliance incidents occur in our
A newsweek piece regarding President Trump and a limited strike consideration against north korea. And andrew steer will be here to discuss environmental and International Development stories for 2018. That is all for todays washington journal. Have a good saturday. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] here is a look at our schedule. Coming up next on cspan, house debate on a measure that reauthorizes pfizer section 702. Later, Speaker Paul Ryan announcing a new house dean, don young. After that, a Senate Health hearing on opioid addiction in the u. S. Then President Trump signing a bill into law that is designed to stop the flow of synthetic opioid fentanyl into the u. S. This weekend on American History tv on cspan3, saturday on lectures in history, Lebanon Valley College Professor James broussard on the lead up to the american
Live coverage and debate here on cspan2. A senator mr. Chairman . The presiding officer the senator from california. A senator i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer the senate is not in a quorum call. Mrs. Feinstein thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , you and i have been on the Intelligence Committee for a considerable period of time. I much longer than you. However, i think were both well experienced with the subject. I would like to make a few comments on section 702. For six years i was chairman of the committee, ranking for two. And what i came to see is that in my view there was no more significant content Collection Program than section 702. And i want to give a couple of examples and why i think its so important that 702 be reauthorized. A little more than a year ago on december 31 of last year, approximately 500 people gathered at a popular turkish nightclub on the banks to celebrate new years eve. Tragically, shortly after midnight, a gunman enter
Restore to a new generation of lawyers and citizens the understanding of the american founders about the First Principles of our law and the moral grounds of their own rights, natural law. We offer programs for attorneys, law students, judges, and the public to advance the ideas of natural law or natural rights and the constitution. One mention of note about the house we are in today the was built in 1825 during the first year of John Quincy Adams administration. He had just if he did jackson in a vote in the house of representatives that was a controversial election. The builder of the house happened to be here in washington at the time in charge of the reconstruction of the white house and the capital building, which had been burnt by the british in the war of 1812. He happened to also be a friend of John Marshall and justice story, and because the court only met three months in cheer, he rented rooms in this house to them because the court only met three months each year. Later on,