I support the extension of the Patriot Act for one simple reason: Americans must use every legal and constitutional tool in their arsenal to fight terrorism and protect their lives and liberties. In a recent oped featured in the New York Times, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani calls on the Senate to remember the importance of the USA PATRIOT Act in securing America: Rudy Giuliani: Americans Must Use Every Legal Tool to Fight Terrorism Despite many challenges, no federal court has declared unconstitutional any of the PATRIOT Act provisions Congress is renewing. Intense public scrutiny has yet to find a single civil liberty abuse. Six reports by the Justice Department's independent Inspector General, who is required to solicit and investigate any allegations of abuse, found no violations. Extensive congressional oversight found no violations. That's the number of substantiated USA PATRIOT Act civil liberties violations. James Sensenbrenner highlights the civil liberties safeguards found in the USA In a recent oped featured in the USA Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Unless the Senate reauthorizes the USA PATRIOT Act, these additional civil liberties protections will also be lost.ĬHAIRMAN SENSENBRENNER: NO RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED On December 31, 2005, 16 key provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act will expire unless the Senate acts to reauthorize them.ĭespite a four-year track record with no verified civil liberties abuses, the current bill adds more than 30 new significant civil liberties safeguards. The Administration has scored a number of key victories in the War on Terror over the past four years, many as a result of expanded information sharing and investigative tools provided by the USA PATRIOT Act. Reauthorizing legislation provides essential support for our efforts to protectīoth Americans and the values that Americans cherish.ģ0 NEW CIVIL LIBERTIES SAFEGUARDS ADDED TO THE USA PATRIOT ACT: Port security, and provides tools to combat the spread of methamphetamine. Reauthorizes all expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, adds dozens ofĪdditional safeguards to protect Americans' privacy and civil liberties, strengthens PATRIOT Act Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. Today, following several months of intense debate, Congress passed the USA Who handle non-national security matters. Investigators the same sorts of tools as have long been available to investigators Modifying our investigative tools to reflect modern technologies, eliminatingīarriers to effective national security investigations, and giving national security It brought the federal government’sĪbility to investigate threats to the national security into the modern era-by The USA PATRIOT Act, enacted on October 26, 2001, has been critical in preventingĪnother terrorist attack on the United States. We all can beįACT SHEET: USA PATRIOT ACT IMPROVEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005 More effectively fulfill our vital national security mission. Of a National Security Division at the Department of Justice, enabling us to Finally, the reauthorization bill provides for the creation Is sweeping our country and closes dangerous loopholes in our ability to prevent Seaports from attack takes steps to combat the methamphetamine epidemic that Provides additional tools for protecting our mass transportation systems and and also adds dozens of civil liberties safeguards. That helped dismantle the ‘wall’ between intelligence and law enforcement The reauthorization bill makes permanent vital provisions - including those Has used the investigative tools provided by the Act in a responsible manner.
This review also confirmed that the Department of Justice That demonstrated that the USA PATRIOT Act is critical to our ongoing efforts “This reauthorization is the product of nearlyĪ year of serious debate and congressional oversight - an important process USA PATRIOT Act and providing additional tools to fight terrorism and other serious I applaud Congress for reauthorizing each and every expiring provision of the
Highest priority has been to protect Americans by preventing acts of terrorism. “Since the terrible attacks of September 11, 2001, the Department of Justice’s Read President Bush's speech at the signing ceremony This bill will allow our law enforcement officials toĬontinue to use the same tools against terrorists that are already usedĪgainst drug dealers and other criminals, while safeguarding the civil The PatriotĪct is vital to the war on terror and defending our citizens against a Terrorists have not lost the will or the ability to attack us. Patriot Act and overcoming the partisan attempts to block its passage. "I applaud the Senate for voting to renew the PASSAGE OF THE BILL TO REAUTHORIZE THE USA PATRIOT ACT
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