Salt Lake Tribune · Jan 11, 2018
Stewart defends government surveillance program as House extends it six years
Lee and others in Senate expected to oppose the extension in the House.
Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune Rep. Chris Stewart, Republican incumbent in Utah's 2nd Congressional District, talks to the Salt Lake Tribune;s editorial board at the paper's offices in Salt Lake City Friday September 16, 2016. Washington • Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, on Thursday strongly defended a controversial government surveillance program as a much-needed national security tool that has been wrongly maligned.
The House voted 256 to 164 to extend the program for another six years with Stewart and Reps. Mia Love and John Curtis supporting the measure; Rep. Rob Bishop voted against it.