Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 1834 and ask that it be reported by number.

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Mr. MARSHALL. Mr. President, during the last administration, we saw career, unelected bureaucrats, many of whom were FBI agents, actively work against our Commander in Chief.

Now, in this bill, we are giving unilateral control over section 702 to those same career staff who have a record of abusing their power. As written, section 2(b) of the bill would prohibit political appointees from being within the process of approving section 702 queries. This means there is no accountability for these agents by the FBI Director or Attorney General.

Regardless of who is President, they and their politically appointed FBI Director and Attorney General should have full control of the Agencies and Departments they are leading.

We must make FBI and DOJ leadership accountable for eventual section 702 abuses. We should require the Attorney General and FBI Director to sign off on 702 investigations.

As this is such a momentous vote, it would be great that it also passed. So, with that, I urge your ``yes'' vote.
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