Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Urgent Need To Reauthorize FISA

Washington, D.C. –  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the urgent need for the Senate to reauthorize FISA before Friday’s deadline. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Today the Senate will vote on cloture on the motion to proceed to the FISA reauthorization bill sent by the House earlier this week. This is a very important procedural vote: I urge my colleagues on both sides to show strong support for moving forward on this bill.

Now, we obviously don’t have a lot of time left before FISA authorities expire. In fact, less than two days. But we will try as hard as we can to get FISA reauthorization done today. If not, members should expect we’ll have votes tomorrow.

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