The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on April 13, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
The House Rules Committee on April 14 advanced a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a power that has long drawn bipartisan criticism since its inception in 2008.
A measure to reauthorize the controversial power passed the committee in a 6–4 vote, from which three Republican panel members—Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Chip Roy (R-Texas), and Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)—abstained.
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