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Ron Wyden: “If there's going to be an extension of these authorities…”

Featuring: Ron Wyden, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Oregon

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Published | Video Starts at 13:29

And I would only close my remarks by saying every day that Section 702 is in effect without reforms is a day that Americans rights are unfortunately under threat. If there's going to be an extension of these authorities, there needs to be some guardrails or at least some transparency that would allow Congress and the American people to understand the abuses that have taken place. and the need for the kind of reforms that I, and as I say, senior Republicans in both the Senate and the House have been backing for those reasons. (13:29–13:44)

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Asserts that any extension of authorities requires guardrails or transparency to understand past abuses.

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