House Proceeding 03-11-08 on Mar 11th, 2008 :: 0:09:22 to 0:10:50
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Speech By: Albio Sires

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Albio Sires: the speaker pro tempore: mp without objection. ms. granger: today is day 25 since the protect america act ct expired, leaving our intelligence community without the full range of resources

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Kay Granger: necessary to monitor foreign targets an d leaving our country in danger. it's truly disappointing that the strong bipartisan senate bill might not be considered by the house before we go

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Speech By: Kay Granger

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Kay Granger: into a two-week easter recess period.er our intelligence community needs a lons g-term fix for the gaps in our intelligence laws, not short-term band-aids our political holdups. senator john

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Kay Granger: rockefeller, chairman of the senatrme intelligence committee said this after the bill p aassed the senate a few weeks ago, he said, this is the right way to go in terms of security of

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Kay Granger: our nation. in the hou se, 21 democrats have urged the speaker to support the senate passed bill and the house republican conference supports the senate bill. ll the support for the bipartisan senate

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Kay Granger: bill is strong and continuing to grow. now is the time to act to provide our intelligence ig community all the tools necessary and to provide important retroactive liability protection that

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Kay Granger: our telecommunications companies deserve when we ask for their help. i urge the house to pass the senate fisa bill before we leave this week. anything short of passage is an unfortunate

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Kay Granger: and dangerous risk. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? mr. butterfi eld: i ask permission to a ddress the house ou for one minute. the

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Kay Granger: speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. butterfield: mr. speaker, this week the house will consider a democracotic budget that will strengthen our economy and make america safer. after years

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G. K. Butterfield: of devastating cuts by the bush administration, our budget is fiscally responsible ns while also ensuring that we invest in the american people's priorities. at a time of economic uncertainty,

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Speech By: G. K. Butterfield