It prevents terrorist attacks, it's helped us in times of war, protects American citizens. And that program right now is quote, gone dark. And we say that it's no longer authorized by the Congress. And so The Democrats had agreed to passing it with reforms that Republicans had agreed to was a bipartisan deal. And then when Pulte was nominated, they completely block voted against even getting on the bill. So right now, my view, they own this. That was an irresponsible thing to do on a program that's critical for America's national security. But now the President is putting another stipulation. (05:16–05:29)
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Asserts that Democrats initially agreed to a bipartisan deal on FISA reforms but later blocked the bill.
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