TIME
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
May 20, 2015
Presidential candidate Rand Paul took to the Senate floor to protest the renewal of the Patriot Act, a Bush administration-era law that enables government surveillance.
The Kentucky Republican argued that the programs authorized by the 2001 law improperly constrict Americans' rights and grant overly broad powers to the National Security Agency."There comes a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer," he began. "That time is now, and I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts, go unchallenged."
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Rand Paul, Rand Paul Campaign Press Release - Rand Paul Filibusters Patriot Act Renewal Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/316926