FROM: THE WHITE HOUSE
Readout of the President's Meeting with Members of Congress
Today President Obama met with Members of Congress to discuss the Administration’s ongoing review of signals intelligence programs, including our study of the Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies report. In August, the President committed his Administration to working with Congress to pursue reforms to our nation’s surveillance programs and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. This meeting was an opportunity for the President to hear from the Members about the work they have been doing on these issues since they last met and solicit their input as we near the end of our internal review. The President thanked the Members for their ongoing work on these challenging issues.
The following Members of Congress attended:
Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence
Senator Saxby Chambliss, R-GA, Vice Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence
Senator Patrick Leahy, D-VT, Chairman, Judiciary Committee
Senator Chuck Grassley, R-IA, Ranking Member, Judiciary Committee
Senator Dick Durbin, D-IL, Assistant Majority Leader and Chairman, Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense
Senator Thad Cochran, R-MS, Ranking Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense
Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-CT
Senator Mark Udall, D-CO
Senator Ron Wyden, D-OR
Representative Mike Rogers, R-MI, Chairman, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Representative Bob Goodlatte, R-VA, Chairman, Judiciary Committee
Representative John Conyers, D-MI, Ranking Member, Judiciary Committee
Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-NJ, Chairman, Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense
Representative Peter Visclosky, D-IN, Ranking Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense
Representative Adam Schiff, D-CA
Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, R-WI
