Provisions including wiretap authority, Business Records authority and the lone wolf provision which were set to expand at the end of the year. This is about two hours, 10 minutes. Committee on the judiciary will come to order. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. I will 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 by our government to keep us safe are consistent with our values and with the freedoms guaranteed by the constitution. This committee has long exercised its responsibility to shape the Legal Framework under which intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies investigate threats and collect evidence of crimes. Although we conduct daytoday oversight of intelligence agencies, hearings like this to conduct a broad review of how our government exercises its legal authorities and whether that
Provisions including wiretap authority, Business Records authority and the lone wolf provision which were set to expand at the end of the year. This is about two hours, 10 minutes. Committee on the judiciary will come to order. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on oversight of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. I will 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 by our government to keep us safe are consistent with our values and with the freedoms guaranteed by the constitution. This committee has long exercised its responsibility to shape the Legal Framework under which intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies investigate threats and collect evidence of crimes. Although we conduct daytoday oversight of intelligence agencies, hearings like this to conduct a broad review of how our government exercises its legal authorities and whether that
Chairman peters in recent years, the market for commercial use has rapidly expanded due to the affordability and utility of drones that are readily accessible to government, to industry, and to recreational users. The faa estimates that by 2020, about 2. 3 million uass, including 1. 5 million recreational drones and model aircrafts and about 800,000 commercial uass, will be registered to fly in the u. S. Between 2016 and 2019, Airline Pilots reported on average more than 100 drone sightings per month to the faa. The increase in the number of uass operating in our airspace creates higher risk of rogue drones, either failing to obey safety rules or operating with nefarious intentions, threatening manned aircraft operations, airports, Critical Infrastructure facilities and high profile widely attended events such as sporting events, concerts and more. While most individuals operate their drones responsibly, we have already seen careless and malicious actors misuse these technologies to en
Chairman peters in recent years, the market for commercial use has rapidly expanded due to the affordability and utility of drones that are readily accessible to government, to industry, and to recreational users. The faa estimates that by 2020, about 2. 3 million uass, including 1. 5 million recreational drones and model aircrafts and about 800,000 commercial uass, will be registered to fly in the u. S. Between 2016 and 2019, Airline Pilots reported on average more than 100 drone sightings per month to the faa. The increase in the number of uass operating in our airspace creates higher risk of rogue drones, either failing to obey safety rules or operating with nefarious intentions, threatening manned aircraft operations, airports, Critical Infrastructure facilities and high profile widely attended events such as sporting events, concerts and more. While most individuals operate their drones responsibly, we have already seen careless and malicious actors misuse these technologies to en
Chairman peters in recent years, the market for commercial use has rapidly expanded due to the affordability and utility of drones that are readily accessible to government, to industry, and to recreational users. The faa estimates that by 2020, about 2. 3 million uass, including 1. 5 million recreational drones and model aircrafts and about 800,000 commercial uass, will be registered to fly in the u. S. Between 2016 and 2019, Airline Pilots reported on average more than 100 drone sightings per month to the faa. The increase in the number of uass operating in our airspace creates higher risk of rogue drones, either failing to obey safety rules or operating with nefarious intentions, threatening manned aircraft operations, airports, Critical Infrastructure facilities and high profile widely attended events such as sporting events, concerts and more. While most individuals operate their drones responsibly, we have already seen careless and malicious actors misuse these technologies to en