Tom Cole: “We're working on something called FISA, which we've reformed…”

“Again, these are federal law enforcement agents performing an important role. They ought to be fully funded. We're going to continue to work on that problem. I know the speaker is working on it. We're working on something called FISA, which we've reformed pretty dramatically. These are special courts that frankly have hearings over whether or not people that are in the country inappropriately or people that are federal agents can be legally surveilled.” (10:31–10:38)

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