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Rep. Glenn Grothman on Why FISA Failed in the House and Whether the New DNI Nominee Will Get a Nod

Published | Video Starts at 05:16

I wouldn't mind going back then to extend the FISA court, but we'll have to see what happens. That will be ultimately up to Mike Johnson and John Thune as to what they want to do. Well, you know, Speaker Johnson has made a point that...the Democrats are basically using hostage taking politics in order to get what they want. want, taking something really important that benefits the country and refusing to to get it unless they get their political whims met. I mean, that's why we had reconciliation 2.0. (05:16–05:28)

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Asserts that Speaker Johnson accused Democrats of using hostage-taking politics to achieve their goals.

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