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Scott Fitzgerald: “The five year extension, which quite honestly was a mystery…”

Featuring: Scott Fitzgerald, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 5

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Rep. Scott Fitzgerald Discusses FISA Extension Efforts Ahead of April Deadline

Published | Video Starts at 00:55

And then the compromise that came back alienated members of the conference on all different corners from Main street to the Freedom Caucus. Nobody was buying that package. So. And that included The five year extension, which quite honestly was a mystery to most members when they heard about it. We had no idea where it came from or what it was trying to accomplish. So that was dismissed pretty quickly. (00:55–01:00)

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Asserts that most members were unaware of the five-year FISA extension proposal.

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