November 6, 2019 1:33PM 

# Statement for the Record: Senate Judiciary Hearing on USA Freedom Act Reauthorization 

By [Patrick G. Eddington](https://www.cato.org/people/patrick-g-eddington) 

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If you’re struggling to understand why Congress would contemplate reauthorizing a program that 1) has never stopped a terrorist attack on the United States, 2) violates the fundamental Constitutional rights of Americans, and 3) squanders taxpayer money by the truck load, you’re not alone. I submitted a statement for the record to Senate Judiciary on all this madness which you can find [here](https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2019-11/Eddington%20Statement%20for%20the%20Record-USA%20Freedom%20Act%20reauth%20hearing%20110619.pdf).

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[Free Speech and Civil Liberties](https://www.cato.org/free-speech-civil-liberties), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Center for Representative Government](https://www.cato.org/center-representative-government), [Defense and Foreign Policy](https://www.cato.org/defense-foreign-policy) 

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