August 2, 2013 Contact: Allison Getty For Immediate Release Allison.Getty@mail.house.gov 202-225-7690 Congressman C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger (D-MD), Ranking Member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement regarding the State Department’s travel warning and embassy closings. “The State Department has issued a travel warning through the end of August. Any time there is a threat, we need to take the appropriate precautions to protect our country and ...
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For Immediate Release Contact: Brian Weiss (Feinstein), (202) 224-9629 August 1, 2013 Lauren Claffey (Chambliss), (202) 224-3423 Susan Phalen (Rogers), (202) 226-4158 Allison Getty (Ruppersberger), (202) 225-7690 Statement by Chairmen and Ranking Members of Senate and House Intelligence Committees Intel Committee Chairs and Ranking Members Call Meeting with President Obama on FISA “productive” “Our meeting with President Obama today on FISA was productive. There was agreement in the room the NSA...
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For Immediate Release Contact: Brian Weiss (Feinstein), (202) 224-9629 August 1, 2013 Lauren Claffey (Chambliss), (202) 224-3423 Susan Phalen (Rogers), (202) 226-4158 Allison Getty (Ruppersberger), (202) 225-7690 Statement by Chairmen and Ranking Members of Senate and House Intelligence Committees Intel Committee Chairs and Ranking Members Slated to Meet with President Obama Today on FISA "We have conducted thorough oversight of FISA, and the business records provision in particular. We believe...
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July 31, 2013 Contact: Allison Getty For Immediate Release Allison.Getty@mail.house.gov 202-225-7690 Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), Ranking Member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement regarding the telephone metadata documents declassified by the Director of National Intelligence. “I commend the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) for declassifying the three telephone metadata collection documents today. These formerly Top Se...
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Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger joined 153 Members of the House Democratic Caucus in sending the following letter to President Barack Obama last week following the consideration of the Amash-Conyers amendment, which would have restricted the operations of the National Security Agency. The letter calls on President Obama to work with Congress to examine the operations of the NSA and consider amendments to existing law that strengthen the balance between our national security and Americans’ ...
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July 30, 2013 For Immediate Release Contact: Allison Getty (Ruppersberger) Allison.Getty@mail.house.gov Susan Phalen (Rogers) Susan.Phalen@mail.house.gov "Justice has been served today. PFC Manning harmed our national security, violated the public's trust, and now stands convicted of multiple serious crimes. There is still much work to be done to reduce the ability of criminals like Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden to harm our national security. The House Intelligence Committee continues to wo...
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July 30, 2013 For Immediate Release Contact: Allison Getty (Ruppersberger) Allison.Getty@mail.house.gov Susan Phalen (Rogers) Susan.Phalen@mail.house.gov “We congratulate Jim Comey on his appointment to be the next director of the FBI. The FBI has made tremendous strides in its post 9/11 transformation and we look forward to working with Jim to complete the transition, including working to address long-standing concerns of the agents in the field who are the lifeblood of the Bureau. In addition ...
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For Immediate Release Contact: July 24, 2013 Susan Phalen (Rogers) Susan.Phalen@mail.house.gov Allison Getty (Ruppersberger) Allison.Getty@mail.house.gov Joint Statement by House Intelligence Ranking Member C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and Chairman Mike Rogers on the Defeat of the Amash Amendment “The amendment defeated on the House Floor would have eliminated a crucial counterterrorism tool by dismantling a critical NSA program put in place in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The program...
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I rise in support of the Nugent amendment. This Amendment strongly reaffirms that in America, privacy and security can—and must—co-exist. This Amendment states in no uncertain terms that the Government cannot use Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, FISA, to intentionally target an American for surveillance. This important amendment also reaffirms that the phone conversations cannot be collected through Section 215 of the Patriot Act. It makes the intentions of Congress very...
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For Immediate Release Contact: July 23, 2013 Susan Phalen (Rogers) Susan.Phalen@mail.house.gov Allison Getty (Ruppersberger) Allison.Getty@mail.house.gov Ranking Member Dutch Ruppersberger and Chairman Mike Rogers Urge Support of Important NSA Counterterrorism Tool Ranking Member C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger (D-MD) and Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement urging support of an important NSA counterterrorism tool. “To a...
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