| Our Unconscionable National Debt |
April 9, 2013 |
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Mike Coffman, R-CO
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"Today, it is $16,802,515,751,907.61. We’ve added $6,175,638,702,994.53 to our debt in 4 years. This is $6 trillion in debt our nation, our economy, and our children could have avoided with a balanced budget amendment."
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| Concurrent Budget Resolution On The Budget, Fiscal Year 2014 |
March 22, 2013 |
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Patty Murray, D-WA
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"I ask unanimous consent that the next amendments in order to be called up be the following: Barrasso No. 184, Paul No. 382, Vitter No. 526, Vitter No. 338, Cruz No. 471, Cruz No. 702, Lee No. 673, Lee No. 521, Coburn No. 414, Coburn No. 416, Coburn No. 709, Portman No. 154, Leahy No. 710, a side-by-side to Senator Inhofe’s No. 139, and Inhofe No. 139; that there be no second-degree amendments prior to votes in relation to any of those amendments; that none of the amendments be divisible; that notwithstanding all time having expired under the resolution, there be 2 minutes equally divided prior to each vote, and that all votes be 10-minute votes; that upon disposition of the Inhofe amendment No. 139, the Senate proceed immediately to vote on adoption of S. Con. Res. 8, as amended."
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| Fisa Amendments Act Reauthorization Act Of 2012 |
December 28, 2012 |
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Dianne Feinstein, D-CA
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"Senator Wyden has raised a number of issues that all concern the potential for surveillance conducted pursuant to authorities to result in what is called “incidental collection.” Section 702 authorizes the executive branch to go to the FISA Court—that is a Federal court, Federal district judges appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court—and obtain annual approval for the certifications of the Attorney General and the DNI that identify categories of foreign targets. These are what I call a program warrant, to conduct surveillance on non-U.S. persons; in other words, individuals who are not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents who are located outside the United States."
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| Fisa Amendments Act Reauthorization Act Of 2012 |
December 27, 2012 |
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Dianne Feinstein, D-CA
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"Mr. President, Mr. Chairman, I want you to know we have spent large amounts of time on the particular issue of Section 702 reporting. For example, the law requires semiannual Attorney General and DNI assessments of section 702. Every 6 months they assess compliance with the targeting and minimization procedures. The law also requires the inspector general of Justice and the IG of every element of the intelligence community authorized to acquire foreign intelligence information to review compliance within Section 702. In addition, the IGs are required to review the number of disseminated intelligence reports containing a reference to a U.S.-person identity and the number of U.S. person identities subsequently disseminated. The law also already requires annual reviews by agency heads of Section 702. It also requires a semiannual Attorney General report on Title VII every 6 months to fully inform the congressional Intelligence and Judiciary Committees. And there is another semiannual report on FISA required for the Attorney General to submit a report to the committees. Finally, there are requirements for the provision of documents relating to significant construction or interpretation of FISA by the FISA Court."
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| Fisa Amendments Act Reauthorization Act Of 2012—Continued |
December 27, 2012 |
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Saxby Chambliss, R-GA
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"Let me briefly highlight what some of those authorities do. Under section 702, the government may target persons reasonably believed to be outside the United States for the purpose of acquiring foreign intelligence information. However, there are a number of important limitations on this authority that are designed to ensure that this section 702 collection cannot be used to intentionally target a U.S. person under what we call reverse-targeting within the community. These acquisitions are authorized jointly through a certification by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence and are approved by the FISA Court."
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