Senate Proceeding on Feb 16th, 2006 :: 0:04:10 to 0:24:10
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Speech By: Russell Feingold
Bill: S. 2271: USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006

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. , ? ?b 3b. b.bithe presiding officer: the sev?nate will come to. order b-the. chaplain, dr. barry blackb&?-will lead. the senate in prayer a~?`?&-the bachaplain:

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?b br@ help us all to follow the narrow?-v-path of service -we pray in your loving name -amen?b

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?zthe presiding officer: please&?-join me. in. reciting. the pledge-of allegiance. to. our flag a i pledge allegiance to ?-the flag of the-united states of america?-and tohe republic h b-for which it stands,b-one natib.on und3er god,&?-indivisible, with liberty and justice b.for all

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. ,?a?@ the. clerk will. read. a?a?-communication. to the? senb.ate-the clerk: washington, d.c february 16, 2006: to the senate:-un?qder the provisions of rule 1,-paragraph 3 of the standinb.g.v-rules of the senate, i hereby 2b

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`b-appoint `b&?-appoint the honorable mitch.b-mcconnelbql, a senator fro?@m the&?&?-state of kentucky, to perform.b&b-the duties of the chair&?-signed: ted stevens, president b.pro tempore @b.@ ?the presiding of?ficer: under the previous order?@ the leadership&?-time is.eserved-under the pr?ievious order there will be. a period for. the-tr?ansact

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ion. of morning. busines?s-for. up. to. 30. minutes with. the"-first half of. the time. under the? -control of the democratic. leader-or his designee. and?@ the second-half of. the time. controlled. by&b-the majority leader. or. hisb.v designee2 the chair @ recognized. the?&?-distinguished. majority. whip from.

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kentucky mr. mcov2nnell: mr. president,-this morning we'll hav?e a. period.b-of morning business for. up. to 30 ?-minutes and. then. resume &?a consideration of the motzion to ?&"-proceed. to. s~? 2271, the?~a u.s.ab -patriot act. reauthorizing amendments act as a reminder. at h 10:30bq this -

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morning. we'll have a cloture?-vote on the. motion. to. proceed"l to -that bil~2l -as under the previous. order i clot?aure is. invoked, b.we?bq will`b-~?proceed. imm?aediately to the. bill.b`?-itselfb b-we still have q a number. of. items?q?`?-toomplete. before. next.bi week's 7.

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r.a senator: mr. president?@?&?the presiding officer: the senator."? from r georgia?i.z>mr. isakson: i ask unanimob.us ?a consen?t that t"ehe quo~.rum call be-dispensed. with a.the presiding officer: without objectionmr. isaksob.n: mr. pres

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identb., i-ask z6unanimous consent. to. address the. senate. as. if. in mornin?g.z-business ?&?h.the presiding officer: without objectionmr. isakson: mr. president,-we'll. soon. cast our.z6 votes to`?-extend the debate. on the patriot-v-act`?2 which i. intend. tz.o. vote. for both&b-to proceed andv? finally for that&

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act. of i ise this m?orning" to b-reflect. on. my. strong. support for the patriot. act and? also. express some of. my. frustration with`b-those. that. have. questioned. its use with regard. to. our civil?@ "e liberties-mr president, i was. born. i~?n. theb-united states. of. americar in

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.v7 19. b-1944x i'm.1. years old?-the inalienable rights end?ow?yed?-by our create.~! or tb.hat. ourbq b-forefathers built this-government

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on. of.p life, liberty and. the pursuit of happiness b -have?2 been. the~b cornerstone of myb-life they allowed me. to. pursue. a business career, a marriage, the-raising @ of. a family, the ?-educating. of. chib.ldren. and allowed. me. to @ proceed to. the.

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-highest a office i could. have-possibly ever. imagined, a member`?[ of the united states senate&-because. of. god's blessingsb and the.z7 blessings of. this. country,-last week i. was~. blessed with. two?-grandchildbaren. born 61. years after i. wasvs but i

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nto a. country that still was founded on. the cornerstones of. the great civil liberties of life, liberty and the. pursuit of. happinessb @~?b-but. sara h kathe?rine and riley?

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b-diane, my two granddaughters.z`?-were yorn into. a?s?h t?hotally-different. world the same-country. but?@?s a different world today. terror. is. our enjoy and it-uses the civil liberties?

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that. we -cherish. to. attempt to. do. harm.b-and in fact. to. destroy us-in fact, the freedom?@ access i to`-comm?iunication, to. employment, to-travel even. to our. borders are the. tools and the weapons that -would do.> o?@ur c?@ivil liberties harm and i.

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.n. fact. take. them. awaya. because of. this. do.z we @ give. up-our. civil liberties?&>-absolutely notz7 but because. of. this, we must.b-watch, listen and pursue our?`?-enemies. with. the technologies. of.b-21st centry.

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b-the patriot act. does n?ot threaten our civilb 7 liber?ties it is. our insurance policy to`z7 preserve them s| z7?s we obviously must be diligent-with?s anything. we.7 give. governmen?t.b`b-in toarms!

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thames. of. a tool. or. power 3 b-in thames. of. a tool. or. power -a ?-in terms of. a tool s or. power to&b-communicate&?-but do we. turn. our back. on-everything we. cher.ish. and has~-made us. greats out o fear thatz` we might lose. it. when. in. fact. it-is our obligation to

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protect it.b-we are in. the ultimat?e. war ?-betweeb.n. good. and evil.b-our. enemies today - terror. -are. un.like any enemy we've ever b`b7 had-all. our previous enemies want.ed b-had a. we. had ourb @ re.sources i o?@ur b-wealth [ our ^

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ingenuity ourb -entrepreneurship?@ our natural re 9.9 ?-resources.^7 ourib wealth. b--terr?[or doesn't want. tha?t-terror doesn't want.hat. we have?-of the trier ?! ?!?! ?!have terrb.

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or doesn't want. us. to. have-what w?e. have -they don't want. me. to. speak freely in. this. body. or to. speak my mind.^6z6 or my constituent. in. georgia to -do the sam?|e, even. if. it. is ab-diamet?~rically opposed. to. me ~^&-they don't want. me. to. freely`b-carry. a weapon. and defend. myself9.9 ?! myself they don't want. a free. press that can.

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. public ! publish and write its ?-opinion`-they don?['t want. any of the. civil b-liberty! ies that we have becauseb`b&?-they know. it. stands against. the?-tyranny and. the control and theb ?-suppression that. their radical views. have. brought to. a part. of`?@ the world

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?-mr. president, this. place youb-and. i? call. home.~? and the rest. of-the. worlt b! world calls america is. a very special placeb--you don't. find. anybody trying. to-br eak. out of. the united. states-of america?-theyb.'re all. trying. to. break in.b&?-and they are for a very. specib.al b-reasonba?q.

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.:. the civil liberti?qesa andb` the. guarantees. of. ourb: constitution the institutions&?i that protect our country and the. reasons t^.hat. you and i stand b&- here todayb-while. i respect any man or. woman.9.9 woman's. dissent on. the patriot act. in. tihis.

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chamber ~? ib2 regret-that we. have. delayed our?-ratification of the single a tool `b-that turn ed us. around. post.9/11b ab&?-to enable. - in. terms of 2 our ability. to i protect.

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. our shore and our. people -i would. re.mind? this chamber and everyoneho can listen. and hear -what i'm saying. that. when. the 9/11 commission. re.viewed all that went wrong prior to. 9/11 ,-it recognize ed that. what. wen?3t.ba right. post.9/11 was the passage of the patriot act

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v-it being a nonl.ed without our----it acknowledge ed without our ability. to. connect the dots. we`?-could. not protect the country once again i cher.ish. our civil liberties.b-i. see the patriot act? not as. a threat to. them. but an. insurance licy to. protect them

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-and. as. we. go to a vote. in. less than an. hour. i en.courage. every member of the. senate. to. vote. to-proceed and then : debate. as. we-will the issues. and the concerns 9.9 concerns?-but. in. the end we should leave this chamber today or. tomorrow`?`?&?-sending. a message to tb.hose tha

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t-would do us. harm. and sending a message. to. those that. we. stand here today to. preserve. and b&?-protect. that. we. will. not let any b -incouple brans----en ?! encumbrance. stop. our?@ pursuit of those that. would destroy or -injure us our children. or

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. our ^-grandchildren`b-you. see in. the end ?@ ?-mr. president, at the. age of 6?&{ is andv? with. the- ---at the age of. 61. a?nd with the-opportunity to serve in. the united states senate the rest-of my. life. will. ?e. about serving those. grandchildren they are less. than. a?i month old they have a. bright. future &

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the. patri?ot act is. goib.ng to. en! aensure the very. civil liberties that will. allow them. to. pursue -happiness. to. its?@ maximum?i extent`?-will still exist today because america. did not turn. itsb back. or -fear our ability to. compete in. ab-2.1

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century of. terror. with @ the. type. of. 12! 21 century laws-that we a need to. protect? and?-defe those that. would hurt. or.b-those. that would. harm this great country. the united. states of america b-and i yield the floor?v3?

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?i2ia&?-mr. bond: mr. president. i suggest the absence of a quorum&?-the presiding officer: the ", clerk will call the roll?@. ,b-quorum call:.

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?&b-mr? bond:. mr. president i ask?-unanimous consent that the call&b-for. the quorum. be. dispense! ed with9b9 with the presiding officer: without o?ject?sio?n-mr bond: mr. president, i-ri?{se today to. address some - troubling. infb.ormationa about b-natural. gas @ energy. and the prices of. energy. as. well as the?`?-availability this information came. from

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. ab ?-hearing. held. in. the e?ip.w -subcommittee last? week. and i! i ?-think. it's. of. sufficient`b-importance to. all members?2 and all. states in theb nation. that. i rise today to. speak to. my.

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colleagues about it we ab.ll know. that. american-families and workers are?2 ?-suffering. from. high. energy. cost.s [.9.9 @ ?! b-costs-they'll ?:suffer even. more. if. we&-do not balance our environmental concerns with. their energy. need.s9.9 b!?! needs.b-that's why the hearing held. last.b

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.b-week?q? in i the subcommittee. is all the. more. importantb if we. fail. to. heed. the warb.ning our. families. and workers are sending. us. about high. energy &?-costs. and their lost. jobs. their lost ?x incomes their lost -standards @ of. living. then. we&

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risk doing even. more. hb.arm-the. people. i'm talking aboutb.b-include. manufacturing workers?-who. used to make. chemi?3cals, ?-plastic 7 products."e automobile.b-parts. or. fertilizers>-many ob.f b.them are now out of. work be?qcaus their employer. moved to&b-b-a. foreign countryb

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. with. cheaper natural gas. prices &?a the. pain. obviously doesn?i't stop -with workers families sb.uffer. with. lost. wages?`b-most lb.uck enoug?h. to get. a new job wil?l. be. work.ing. for lower wages -that means? - does. that. mean-th?:at those wages have. ab

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?! wb.ages have to2 move -even l?ower?&b-do they. have. to. live with a?-brokendawn cary even. longer.bq?-seniors. on. a fixed income. are particularb.ly vulnerable. to.v2 high-nab.tural. gas prices -across the midwest across. the ba country. "l many. depend. upon-natural. gas to. heat. their homes?@?-in the wirntdz and cool. th

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eir homes. in. summer @ b-what do. we. tell. them @b-wear a coat. inside. during theb.b-wintbperb`&b-turn on. fan in the. summer?b `b-we all kb.now. the tragedies that`b-hit. our seniors in. summer heat-waves-wh at do. we. tell. their families.b-some in. the senate want to.

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tell ~?-their families that. we are. going to hurt. them. even. more. i n order @ to fight climate change. that &?s we'll. pass. proposals to. cap?: ?-carbon emission.s. which by. the?-way. will. rise ?! raise energy. prices -even more &?a for. some. i guess today?'s eney-prices are not high. enough

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-some are willing to drive power and heating. bills even. higher in their fight against?a"? glorm?ing ! ?!?! ing. gsh in their gz:ite! ?! ba fight against global-warming. but. we're work.ing. o?n 2& find.ing-ways to. fight t