Representative Henry A. Waxman 30th District of California

Representative Waxman believes that laws governing electronic surveillance must adapt to changing technology, while maintaining a critical balance between national security needs with the freedoms that define us as a nation. Representative Waxman opposed reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (P.L. 110-261) out of concern that the measure was insufficient to ensure accountability for the Bush Administration’s illegal surveillance program. He has strongly advocated for revisions to the PATRIOT Act, which is scheduled for reauthorization in the 111th Congress.