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Stewart defends government surveillance program as House extends it six years

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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.