Rep. Sessions to Newsmax: Reforms Key in FISA Extension Fight

Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, told Newsmax on Friday that the House's short-term extension of a controversial surveillance program reflects ongoing disagreements over how to protect Americans while preserving critical intelligence tools.

Appearing on "National Report," Sessions said lawmakers opted for a brief extension because "we have been unable to, and the administration has been unable to, come to a wordsmithing that would acknowledge the correct way to handle this."

The House rejected a five-year extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), instead passing a measure that pushes the deadline back by only days, setting up another debate next week.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/pete-sessions-fisa-extension-gabbard/2026/04/17/id/1253307/