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Jim McGovern: “Members want to vote on legislation that has a warrant…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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FULL: Jim Jordan, James McGovern, And More Lawmakers Discuss FISA In The House Rules Committee

Published | Video Starts at 23:39

But we all know the issue here. I feel like this is like watching reruns because we've had this discussion before Members want to vote on legislation that has a warrant requirement for searching US person data in the Section 702 database. That has been the issue from the beginning and it remains the issue now. So, Ms. Scanlon, does this new FISA language provide a warrant requirement or is it like … (23:39–23:49)

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Asserts that there is a desire for legislation requiring warrants for Section 702 database searches.

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