But I believe a bipartisan majority would support the reforms. If a clean FISA bill had the votes to pass, we would not be doing this exercise before the Rules Committee. Further, Both the FISA bill this week and the bills two weeks ago were written behind closed doors. They received no hearing, no markup, and no meaningful opportunity for public debate. Something as serious as government surveillance of Americans deserves to have an open, honest, good faith public … (09:50–09:55)
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