Demand Progress Statement On McConnell’s Bill

Learn more about Senator Mitch McConnell’s dangerous bill to reauthorize the Patriot Act until 2020 here: http://bit.ly/1JaVqXY

The following statement can be attributed to Demand Progress Executive Director David Segal:

“Senator McConnell’s quixotic effort to extend congressional approval for mass surveillance under the USA PATRIOT Act’s Section 215 is dangerous, foolhardy, and the opposite of what the public has been calling for in the form of meaningful reform. While the Senator and national security hardliners may turn the screws on their colleagues, the American people and most members of Congress will reject this latest effort to transform the land of the free into the home of the surveilled. Grassroots activists will fight McConnell’s bill every step of the way to ensure it never gains the support needed to pass.”

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