mr. chairman , i yield myself 1 minute . 
the gentleman from virginia ( mr. boucher ) xz4000430 is sincere in his opposition to this bill , and i respect that . 
however , neither the national security letter scheme nor the delayed notification scheme were authorized for the first time by the patriot act . 
that was legislation that was in place prior to october 2001 when the original patriot act was passed and signed into law by the president . 
what the patriot act did in both national security letters as well as in delayed notification warrants was simply to extend to anti-terrorism investigations authorities that already existed and up until that time had been found constitutional in investigations such as mafia investigations , racketeering investigations , and drug-trafficking investigations . 
so these complaints were not caused by the patriot act . 
they were caused by existing legislation , and we should deal with that , not in the context of this bill but elsewhere . 
mr. chairman , i yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from north carolina ( mr. coble ) xz4000760 . 
