Honorable Jay Rockefeller
United States Senator, West Virginia, Democrat
Senator Rockefeller was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984. He served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1966 to 1968, as West Virginia Secretary of State from 1968 to 1972, and as West Virginia Governor from 1976 to 1984. He chairs the Select Committee on Intelligence and also sits on the following committees: Veterans’ Affairs; Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Finance; and the Joint Committee on Taxation. The following is from the January 24, 2008, Senate floor debate on S. 2248, the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) Amendments Act. The Senate now returns to the consideration of…
