Rep. Ellison: Congress Knows "Almost Nothing" About Surveillance Programs
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: You are a member of Congress. The president said on Friday that every member of Congress has access to information. Can you just first start out by explaining what a member of Congress who is not on the committee knows about this program or can know about this program?
REP. KEITH ELLISON (D-MN): I would say almost nothing. The reality is you can’t bring your staff in there, so we are moving around Capitol Hill at lightning speed, nearly every member of Congress is. If you can’t get any staff support, that means you’ve got to go into that room, you’ve got to sit there and pore through documents over the course of hours.
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