Tom Cole: “The president has asked for what's called a clean extension…”

“And I'm comfortable that the reforms we made the last time we considered have basically let us clean up some of the problems that existed in the past. And certainly The president has asked for what's called a clean extension [of FISA]. Just take what's there now and extend it for either a year and a half or up to five years. We think it's operating fine.” (12:56–13:01)

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