Peters Votes to Reauthorize FISA, Protect National Security 

Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Scott Peters (CA-50) released the following statement after voting to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702: 

  

“Reauthorizing Section 702 of FISA is a national security imperative. For decades, it's helped our intelligence community monitor foreign threats and identify plots before they happen. Letting the program expire would dismantle that progress at the exact moment we need it. 

  

“Critics focus on the risk of abuse; however, the guardrails Congress placed on FISA in 2024 are working. The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General found that the FBI followed the rules correctly over 99% of the time in both 2024 and 2025. Additionally, today’s reauthorization includes added penalties for FBI employees violating guardrails, additional oversight over the FBI’s use of Section 702, and a requirement for a government audit over the intelligence community’s FISA targeting procedures. 

  

“We should continue to monitor FISA compliance, and seek continued improvement, but the threats to our nation won’t pause. Neither should the tools that stop them.”