mr. naddler has pointed out that this is unnecessary but i would like to raise another issue. after the leaks of the records and the information about surveillance surfaced in the press, there were a lot of things that happened. americans became very irate about their prive city. people in other countries became irate about their privacy. and we're concerned about that as defenders of the constitution, we're concerned about that as people who love liberty. but there's another issue which is its impact on american business. now, right now companies around the world are using surveillance to try and get a competitive edge against american companies by suggesting to utilize american technology is to open yourself up to privacy violations. i think the mere existence of this amendment actually further aggates that problem by making it even more possible for competitors to say, look, if you buy an american phone, if you have service from an erican company, your privacy is at hisk. so i think that's an additional reason not to support this amendment. i understand the gentleman from i