and senator leahy worked very hard on that. 702 has proven its worth. courts have upheld it. it has one of the most rigorous oversight procedures that of any act that i think in existence today. and it enables us to focus on terrorists s abroad and identif those who could be threats to u us. now that we have that in place, the fbi, for example, is able to search limited 702 collections subject to minimumization procedures using u.s. person data to help connect the dots. if congress were to impose a warrant requirement on assessing information obtained through so-called u.s. person queries, how would that affect the fbi s
seven minutes and you start before the last second, it s and you ask a question, go ahead and ask that question, you go ahead and answer it, general sessions. but don t have dialogue after the time has run out. some of you noticed, i think, that there was special consideration given to senator leahy and senator hatch and ranking member feinstein. i think they deserve that courtesy as former chairmen of this committee and as ranking member. if they run over a little bit, i hope it will be just a little bit, then that s okay with me. what s a little bit? the only one i paid much attention to was mrs. feinstein and she was a couple minutes. so don t crow about that.
again on the floor. we all supported this legislation, every one of us. we all voted for it twice. allow me to a response, they maligned me and my colleagues. i believe i deserve an opportunity to respond. now moving on, i have a few questions and would appreciate it, mr. attorney general, if you would keep your answers brief. first i would like to discuss a substance that is often offered as a substitute for opioids. many states across the nation have adopted laws to legalize marijuana for medicinal use based on research there is some medicinal value to be found in it. i remain opposed to the broad legalization of marijuana. however, i introduced along with another senator a bipartisan marijuana drug
i guess senator hatch and senator leahy worked hard on that. it was one of the most intense times i have seen this committee do. 702 has proven its worth. courts have upheld it. it has the most rigorous oversite. procedures of any act, i think, in existence today. it helps us to focus on terrorists abroad. and to identify those who could be threats to us. now that we have that in pla place, the fbi, for example, is able to search limited 702 collections subject to minimumization procedures using u.s. person data to help connect the dots. if you want to obsess over
you and director coates wrote a letter to the leadership about the importance of 702 fisa. you said reauthorization of section 702 is the department s top legislative priority. question if section 702 were not reauthorized can you tell us what impact that would have on the intelligence community and our national security interest? mr. chairman, having been involved since i ve been in the department with many of the day-to-day impacts of section 702, i believe it would have a detrimental impact of significance. it would it would reduce our ability to identify, terrorist acts and potential acts before they happen. that was one of the goals that we had when we passed the patriot act and i know that i guess senator hatch and senator leahy worked very hard on that.