[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair has authorized to declare a recess at anytime. We welcome everybody to todays hearing on a free press and protecting journalists. Ill remind everybody the guests in the chamber are guests and youre free to be here, but this is no audience participation in the hearing. This is a hearing and were going to conduct it accordingly. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press. And that cannot be limited without being lost. Those words were true when Thomas Jefferson wrote them in 1786 and theyre still true today. First amendment guarantees freedom of the press and prohibits the government from making any law to that freedom. Just hugo black stated, the Founding Fathers gave the press the role. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. And the hale to the freedom of the press is th
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair has authorized to declare a recess at anytime. We welcome everybody to todays hearing on a free press and protecting journalists. Ill remind everybody the guests in the chamber are guests and youre free to be here, but this is no audience participation in the hearing. This is a hearing and were going to conduct it accordingly. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press. And that cannot be limited without being lost. Those words were true when Thomas Jefferson wrote them in 1786 and theyre still true today. First amendment guarantees freedom of the press and prohibits the government from making any law to that freedom. Just hugo black stated, the Founding Fathers gave the press the role. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. And the hale to the freedom of the press is th
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair has authorized to declare a recess at anytime. We welcome everybody to todays hearing on a free press and protecting journalists. Ill remind everybody the guests in the chamber are guests and youre free to be here, but this is no audience participation in the hearing. This is a hearing and were going to conduct it accordingly. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press. And that cannot be limited without being lost. Those words were true when Thomas Jefferson wrote them in 1786 and theyre still true today. First amendment guarantees freedom of the press and prohibits the government from making any law to that freedom. Just hugo black stated, the Founding Fathers gave the press the role. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. And the hale to the freedom of the press is th
Section 702 of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. Yesterday in the house, 19 republicans join the democrats in blocking speaker johnson from holding a floor vote on the legislation. We would like to get your thoughts on the debate. , kratz, democrats, 202 7488000. 202 7488001 for republicans. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can join us in the text, include your first name, city and state at 202 7488003. Go to facebook. Com cspan and put your reaction there, or in a post on x at cspanwj. We will get your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with the wall street journal reporting the surveillance vote failed in its setback speaker johnson. That is their headline this morning. Lindsay wise reports how speaker johnsons tenuous ramp on the gavel was dealt a blow wednesday after holdup republicans, a done by former president trump, denied passage on controversial spying law. Heres what the former president wrote on his to social website. It was illegally used again
With axios to talk about the renewal of the foreign intelligence act, renewing section 702. Remind our viewers why there is a section 702 and what it is. Guest is so section 702, the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, has been around for so long. It is here primarily to give the intelligence agencies the ability to surveil nonamericans abroad. The intent is to surveil anyone who might be planning a terrorist plot, who might be carrying out cybercrime, ransomware, anything of that nature. However, the history of this program has been a bit fraught. The intention is to clog communications and text messages, emails, things of that nature about those abroad who are nonamerican. Course, im an communicating with someone abroad, for whatever reason targeted by this program, my communications will get sucked into this program. All of this information is put into a database that is then freely available maybe not freely available, but available to intelligence agencies for to intelligence a