Washington, April 29 -- Congressman Jim Himes issued the following press release:
Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Jim Himes today released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed legislation to reauthorize and reform Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The bill passed the House by a vote of 235-191.
"Today, I voted to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, our country's most important and irreplaceable foreign intelligence collection tool. This program is rightly controversial, and it is a shame that my Republican colleagues did not use this process to debate thoughtful and bipartisan reforms to further safeguard Americans...