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Rubio Comments On Passage Of USA Freedom Act

Statement

Date: June 2, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued the following statement regarding Senate passage of the "USA Freedom Act," which he voted against:

"Because the U.S. remains the freest nation on earth, we will always be targeted by those who attempt to exploit our society's openness to further their twisted ideology. Unfortunately, weak presidential leadership combined with a politically motivated misinformation campaign have now left the American people less safe than we've been at any point since the 9/11 attacks.

"The failure to renew the expiring components of the PATRIOT Act was a mistake. The "USA Freedom Act' weakens U.S. national security by outlawing the very programs our intelligence community and the FBI have used to protect us time and time again. ‎A major challenge for the next president will be to fix the significantly weakened ‎intelligence system that the current one is leaving behind‎."


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