Honorable Kit Bond
United States Senator, Missouri, Republican
Senator Bond was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986. He served as Missouri Auditor from 1970 to 1972 and as Missouri Governor from 1972 to 1976 and from 1980 to 1984. He is Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, and also sits on the following committees: Appropriations; Environment and Public Works; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The following is from the January 24, 2008, Senate floor debate on S. 2248, the FISA Amendments Act. Again, we rise with a renewed consideration of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act, or the FISA Amendments Act, of 2008. Simply…