The following are the remarks of Democratic Representative Bobby Scott regarding H.R. 6304, the bill to nullify the Fourth Amendment rights of those living under American jurisdiction. Representative Scott of Virginia rose in opposition on the morning of June 20, 2008, just before H.R. 6304 was passed:

I oppose H.R. 6304. It allows widespread acquisition of private conversations without adequate court review. The bill actually permits the government to perform mass untargeted surveillance of any and all conversations believed to be coming into and out of the United States without any individualized finding and without a requirement that wrongdoing is believed to be involved at all. It is not limited to just terrorism; it could be any foreign intelligence which would include diplomacy and everything else.

It is vague on what can be done with the information after it is acquired, and who has access to it, and the only court review is a check on whether the government certifies that the process has been followed. The court does not review for who, what and where the tapping will take place.
Furthermore, the collection of all this data can be done under emergency provisions before the court acts, but the collection can continue to be done even if the court rejects the application if the administration appeals. The bill also provides retroactive immunity to communications companies who have violated people’s rights, and whether or not those rights have been violated should be reviewed by the courts, not decided here by the Congress.