Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing, oversight of the federal Intelligence Surveillance act. Ill now recognize myself for an opening statement. The Judiciary Committee is holding todays hearing to carry out one of its most important tasks. To ensure that the tools used boby our government to keep us safe are consistent are our values and the freedoms guaranteed by the constitution. This committee has long exercised its responsibility to shape the Legal Framework unto which intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies investigate threats and collect evidence of crimes. Although we do not conduct daytoday oversight of intelligence agencies, it falls to us in hearings like this to conduct a broad review of how our government exercises its legal authorities and whether that conduct accords with our values as americans. The outset, i want to acknowledge two things. First, the men and women in
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Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing, oversight of the federal Intelligence Surveillance act. Ill now recognize myself for an opening statement. The Judiciary Committee is holding todays hearing to carry out one of its most important tasks. To ensure that the tools used boby our government to keep us safe are consistent are our values and the freedoms guaranteed by the constitution. This committee has long exercised its responsibility to shape the Legal Framework unto which intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies investigate threats and collect evidence of crimes. Although we do not conduct daytoday oversight of intelligence agencies, it falls to us in hearings like this to conduct a broad review of how our government exercises its legal authorities and whether that conduct accords with our values as americans. The outset, i want to acknowledge two things. First, the men and women in
Informal diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy lines. Probably the only american citizen permitted to do so during the entire war. Explore our nations past on American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Now its an oversight hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act also known as fisa. The House Judiciary Committee is considering whether to renew several fisa provisions including roving wiretap authority which are said to expire at the end of the year. Representatives from the Justice Department, fbi, and National Security agency testify. This is just over two hours and ten minutes. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing, oversight of the federal Intelligence Surveillance act. Ill now recognize myself for an opening statement. The Judiciary Committee is holding todays hearing to carry out one of its most important tasks. To ensure that the tools used boby our go
Rarity because judges are not politicians. People have expressed some questions around the factors to apply in evaluating judges or those who challenge them, and that part of the reason for this Forum Tonight is to help explore that. A quick word on logistics for the forum. Were going to proceed in a round robin format. Among the three candidates. Each candidate will provide a selfinterest section and a 1 to 2 minute Opening Statement within our time frame, each candidate will have about 3 to 4 minutes to answer each question, and i will chime in to the extent anybodys running over time so we can be sure to have enough time for all the questions. Well also leave some time at the end of the forum for questions from the audience. You can do that using the q a function at the bottom of your screen. Just type in the question and well see it i. And also for each candidate to make a closing statement, uh, for the purposes of this forum, ill be putting similar questions to each candidate, all