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class=\"single-article__header \" readability=\"26.836349924585\">\n<div class=\"single-article__header-content\" readability=\"36.586046511628\">\n<p> The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Section 702, set to sunset at the end of April, but with no Trump administration witnesses present. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/87583\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" 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https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-wonder-when-trump-administration-will-weigh-on-soon-expired-surveillance-powers-5.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\"><figcaption> Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, looks on as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Oct. 7, 2025. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"36.623496563574\"><body readability=\"79.7376473539\"><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a growing question on Capitol Hill as the expiration of sweeping U.S. government surveillance powers looms: Where is the Trump administration?<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Wednesday on the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/fisa-reauthorization-heads-to-bidens-desk-after-senate-passage\/\">2024 law<\/a> that revised the surveillance authorities known as Section 702, a part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Advocates have said that information collected under Section 702 \u2014 under which national security officials controversially can use U.S. citizens\u2019 personal information to query a database for collection of their electronic communications with foreign targets without a warrant \u2014 accounts for 60% of the intelligence included in the President\u2019s Daily Briefing.<\/p>\n<p>But no Trump administration witnesses testified at the hearing. Nor did any testify at a <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/warrant-requirements-democratic-worries-could-factor-into-spy-law-renewal-debate\/\">recent House hearing<\/a>. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said at Wednesday\u2019s hearing that he wanted to scrutinize the changes to Section 702 under the 2024 law, which came in the wake of significant abuses of the authorities and is set to expire at the end of April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I had hoped to hear from witnesses about whether those reforms had been appropriately implemented and whether they\u2019ve been effective, but I can\u2019t ask those questions of officials from the government who are actually implementing those reforms because they\u2019re not here,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are three months from the expiration of Section 702, and the Trump administration, as best as I can discern, still has no official position on it. That is stunning.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s unacceptable that with just 90 days [before expiration the administration doesn\u2019t know how it thinks about the program and has nobody here to explain or defend it,\u201d Coons continued.<\/p>\n<p>The top Democrat on the panel, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, also said he was \u201cdisappointed\u201d the administration wasn\u2019t at the hearing. When Durbin led the panel, he had administration witnesses appear before the committee six months before Section 702 was then set to expire at the end of 2023, and administration officials began a public push for renewal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/01\/13\/fight-over-an-expiring-surveillance-authority-just-kicked-off\/\">almost a year<\/a> in advance of its sunset.<\/p>\n<p>Frustration toward the Trump administration over its communication about Section 702 wasn\u2019t just limited to committee Democrats. Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, complained about how he and Durbin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/press\/rep\/releases\/grassley-durbin-call-on-doj-to-amend-restrictions-on-congressional-oversight-of-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-courts\">had written<\/a> to Attorney General Pam Bondi about President Joe Biden and now Donald Trump not allowing \u2014 \u201cdespite a statutory mandate to do so\u201d \u2014 panel members and staff to attend hearings of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that makes important decisions about the use of Section 702 authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve yet to receive a meaningful response,\u201d Grassley said.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the administration\u2019s absence, Grassley said Congress had a duty to consider reauthorizing Section 702 regardless of the administration\u2019s views.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf the administration would like to brief us in an open or closed setting, I will work to set it up,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the meantime, the Senate Judiciary Committee needs to move ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawfaremedia.org\/article\/mum-s-the-word-on-fisa-section-702-reauthorization\">Experts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/12\/31\/section-702-donald-trump-surveillance-00708042\">other lawmakers<\/a> have also observed the Trump administration\u2019s relative quiet about Section 702. Trump himself has repeatedly thrown the stipulation\u2019s future into turmoil during past renewal debates.<\/p>\n<p>The National Security Agency referred a question about the administration\u2019s views and discussions with Congress to the Defense Department. Spokespeople for the DOD, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, FBI, Justice Department and Central Intelligence Agency did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>During his <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/fbi-nominee-kash-patel-cybercrime-silk-road-surveillance-powers\/\">nomination hearing<\/a> to lead the FBI, Kash Patel testified on the importance of Section 702 authorities and not impeding them with a warrant requirement. As a member of Congress, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard opposed renewal of Section 702, but has offered mixed signals since, including during her own <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/tulsi-gabbard-director-national-intelligence-section-702-snowden\/\">nomination hearing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"7.7216117216117\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-wonder-when-trump-administration-will-weigh-on-soon-expired-surveillance-powers-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Tim Starks\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-card__details\" readability=\"10.901098901099\">\n<h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Tim Starks<\/h4>\n<p> Tim Starks is senior reporter at CyberScoop. 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Jamie Raskin (D-MD) participates in a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on April 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/house-judiciary-committee-privacy-protections-fisa-section-702-reform-2024\/\"> Privacy fights over expiring surveillance law loom after House hearing <\/a> <\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/tim-starkscyberscoop-com\/\"> Tim Starks <\/a> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <\/header>\n<p> <\/article>\n<article class=\"post-item post-item--popular-stories-cards \">\n<figure class=\"post-item__thumbnail\"> <a class=\"post-item__thumbnail-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/fbi-nominee-kash-patel-cybercrime-silk-road-surveillance-powers\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"252\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-wonder-when-trump-administration-will-weigh-on-soon-expired-surveillance-powers-4.jpg?resize=252%2C168&ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-ratio-16-9-sm size-ratio-16-9-sm wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-wonder-when-trump-administration-will-weigh-on-soon-expired-surveillance-powers-8.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-wonder-when-trump-administration-will-weigh-on-soon-expired-surveillance-powers-8.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-wonder-when-trump-administration-will-weigh-on-soon-expired-surveillance-powers-8.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-wonder-when-trump-administration-will-weigh-on-soon-expired-surveillance-powers-8.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-wonder-when-trump-administration-will-weigh-on-soon-expired-surveillance-powers-8.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-wonder-when-trump-administration-will-weigh-on-soon-expired-surveillance-powers-8.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-wonder-when-trump-administration-will-weigh-on-soon-expired-surveillance-powers-8.jpg?resize=252,168 252w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-wonder-when-trump-administration-will-weigh-on-soon-expired-surveillance-powers-8.jpg?resize=506,337 506w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-wonder-when-trump-administration-will-weigh-on-soon-expired-surveillance-powers-8.jpg?resize=1013,675 1013w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lawmakers-wonder-when-trump-administration-will-weigh-on-soon-expired-surveillance-powers-8.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\"> <\/a><figcaption class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Kash Patel, U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s nominee to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), arrives to testify during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. 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