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Congressional Record—Senate S15710 S15710 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 17, 2007 from the State of Rhode Island, to perform Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline pro- being hit by new and unnecessary the duties of the Chair. visions of that Act, and for other purposes. taxes. ROBERT C. BYRD, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- We will need to do all this and act on President pro tempore. pore. The Republican leader is recog- several important executive nomina- Mr. REED thereupon assumed the nized. tions. New week. Much to do. Amer- chair as Acting President pro tempore. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I ica’s watching. Let’s get to work. will proceed on leader time so as not to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- f encroach on the complicated agree- pore. Under the previous order, the RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY ment we reached on dividing time. time until 12 noon is equally divided LEADER The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- and controlled between the two leaders The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- pore. Without objection, it is so or- or their designees, with the Senator pore. The majority leader is recog- dered. from Connecticut, Mr. DODD, control- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, nized. ling 35 minutes and the Senator from heading into our last work week, Re- Mr. REID. I suggest the absence of Wisconsin, Mr. FEINGOLD, controlling publicans remain focused on the two 15 minutes of the opponents’ time. quorum. principles that have guided us all year: Who seeks recognition? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- protecting and defending the country The Senator from West Virginia. pore. The clerk will call the roll. from harm and protecting taxpayers’ Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I The assistant legislative clerk pro- wallets. In these last few days, we will am not a part of the order as read by ceeded to call the roll. face some of the most crucial tests of the Chair. Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the year on both fronts. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- that the order for the quorum call be On security, Senate Republicans will pore. Under the previous order, the rescinded. amend the House version of the Appro- Senator has been allocated 20 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- priations bill to include funding for the Mr. ROCKEFELLER. I thank the pore. Without objection, it is so or- troops in Iraq. Our men and women in Chair. Today, the Senate begins debate on dered. uniform deserve our support wherever S. 2248, the FISA Amendments Act of f they are serving. These funds are dangerously overdue. 2007. I am confident in saying without SCHEDULE Delaying them further could put the any risk of exaggeration that FISA modernization is one of the most im- Mr. REID. Mr. President, the Senate Pentagon in serious straits and poten- portant matters that will be considered will immediately resume the motion to tially jeopardize the universally ac- by this Congress. It calls on us to get proceed to S. 2248, the FISA legisla- knowledged gains of the Petraeus plan. tion. This debate will extend until 12 We will also need to act wisely on re- two essential matters entirely right— protection of our national security and noon. At noon, the Senate will vote—or forming the FISA law that lets our in- the preservation of the privacy of our thereabouts; there may be a couple telligence agents track terrorists over- minutes’ slippage—on the motion to in- citizens. seas. The success of this law over the I am proud of the substance of the voke cloture on the motion to proceed last several years should be obvious to bill the Intelligence Committee re- to the legislation. If cloture is invoked everyone. ported to the Senate in late October on on the motion, the motion can then be The Intelligence Committee has pro- a strong bipartisan vote of 13 to 2. I am adopted and the Senate can proceed to duced a bill that would retain its core equally proud of the process by which the bill and begin the amending proc- strengths; that has broad bipartisan we achieved that result. The distin- ess. support; and that, with slight modifica- guished vice chairman of the com- ORDER OF PROCEDURE tion, the President would sign into law. mittee, Senator CHRISTOPHER BOND, I have 10 minutes under my control. We need to act on this version of the and I provided simple guidance for all I have given 35 minutes to Senator revision without any political games. who worked on this bill: First, work to- DODD and 15 minutes to Senator FEIN- On protecting taxpayers, we have two gether, reach out; second, reach out GOLD. It is my understanding that the major pieces of legislation to finish: particularly to the intelligence com- distinguished Senator from Missouri AMT, and a fiscally responsible omni- munity and the Department of Justice will allow 10 minutes from the Repub- bus bill. for their expertise; third, keep in mind lican leader’s time to go to Senator A quarter of the way into the fiscal at all times the fundamental principles year, we have passed 1 of 12 Appropria- ROCKEFELLER. I will give Senator of protecting both the security and the tions bills from last year. ROCKEFELLER 10 minutes. That means privacy of all Americans; and finally, We need to evaluate this omnibus he will have 20 minutes. That uses all remain united in our effort to produce and make sure it is written in a form our time. a bill that will meet the test of Con- the President will sign. That means I ask unanimous consent that be the gress and that will be signed into law funding for our forces in Afghanistan case. by the President. and Iraq, no excess spending, and no The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- I am also grateful to all members of poison pills in the form of politically pore. Without objection, it is so or- our committee for their contribution. motivated policy riders. dered. As the Senate can see from our report, Crucially, we also need to assure we debated and voted on highly impor- f middle-class Americans we are not tant issues. We then sought as a com- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME going to raise their taxes or further mittee to lay out for the entire Senate delay their tax refunds. The House and the American public a description The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- needs to patch the AMT tax that now of our bill, the reasons for it, and, in pore. Under the previous order, the threatens 23 million taxpayers it was additional views, further improve- leadership time is reserved. never meant to affect, and they need to ments that Members might seek. Our f do so without raising other taxes on report is on each Member’s desk. It is these households. also on our committee’s Web site and FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEIL- We saw last week we could get legis- LANCE ACT—MOTION TO PRO- the Web site of the Library of Con- lation out the door when we work to- gress. I urge every Member of the Sen- CEED gether. After Republican insistence, we ate to read it, including a careful sec- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- passed an energy bill without raising tion-by-section explanation of the bill. pore. Under the previous order, the taxes or utility rates. We will need to Of course, some sensitive intelligence Senate will resume consideration of repeat that effort this week on several matters cannot be described in a public the motion to proceed to S. 2248, which issues that lie at the very heart of our report. That makes this something of the clerk will report. responsibilities to the American peo- an awkward procedure. If any Member The legislative clerk read as follows: ple. has a question about a classified mat- A motion to proceed to the bill (S. 2248) to We need to ensure the safety of our ter, please let the vice chairman or my- amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance citizens. We need to keep them from self know, and we will do our best to VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:30 Dec 18, 2007 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G17DE6.001 S17DEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC71 with SENATE December 17, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S15711 answer your questions in a classified not support, but in all instances, I America Act, which allowed for timely setting. deeply appreciate the work of Senator collection, yes, but did not include sig- I am also pleased that we will be LEAHY and our colleagues on the Judi- nificant FISA Court safeguards. sharing the management of this debate ciary Committee. In order to fix the Protect America with Senator LEAHY and Senator SPEC- I commend in particular the extraor- Act and protect the privacy of Ameri- TER, the distinguished chairman and dinary contribution during this process cans while strengthening the timely ranking member of the Judiciary Com- of four Senators serving on both com- collection of intelligence, our Intel- mittee. From the very beginning of the mittees: Senator FEINSTEIN, Senator ligence Committee spent several Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act HATCH, Senator FEINGOLD, and Senator months this fall working on a new of 1976, it has been a joint responsi- WHITEHOUSE. They have worked tire- bill—the bill before us today—which bility of the Intelligence Committee lessly in their dual committee assign- accomplishes four principal reforms. and the Judiciary Committee. It is, ments to make this legislation as First, the special procedures provided after all, a statute that concerns both sound and balanced as possible.
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