And so the four of us worked with the Intelligence Committee of the House to come up with legislation which would solve the problem of making sure that we were secure as a country and that the privacy of our citizens were secure. We think we accomplished that objective. And in fact, the leadership in the Senate voted for it. President Obama, then a member of the Senate, voted for it. And Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Clyburn and I voted for it. Along with others, the Republicans were overwhelmingly for it. In September 2012, we did it again. (00:55–01:07)
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