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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 13, 2008
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Contact: Zach Goldberg
202-225-5801 (office) |
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HOLT STATEMENT ON HOUSE CONVENING SECRET SESSION TO DEBATE FISA
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(Washington, DC) – Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12), a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today issued the following statement in reaction to the House leadership’s decision to convene a closed session of the House to discuss the President’s warrantless surveillance program:
“I believe in the use of secret sessions in the House when they are intended to truly educate members on the issues and provide them with valuable classified information. Secret sessions should not be used as a cynical, delaying tactic to block the House from voting on critical legislation that would strengthen our intelligence collection efforts and protect the American people from warrantless surveillance. I will be interested to see if Mr. Boehner truly has new classified information on this program to share with members of the House, and I will seek the opportunity to inform my colleagues of what I have learned about this program and the President’s actions in this matter."
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