Congressman Pat Harrigan Statement on His Vote Against FISA Section 702

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WASHINGTON, D.C.-Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) released the following statement after voting against S.1318, the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act:

"FISA Section 702 is a critical national security tool, and I do not take this vote lightly. But Congress cannot keep rubber stamping a surveillance program that has been used to spy on American citizens. The FBI has abused this authority before in previous administrations, and reauthorizing it without a single reform to protect the Fourth Amendment rights of the people I represent would be a disservice to every constituent in North Carolina's Tenth District."