"oh boy! i sure hope this democratic congress will be less hawkish and pro surveillance than the republican one!"

this democrat congress:

That might be true but it's not implied by this, given that this is a former senator.

The more leftwing ones are much less likely to fall for this. But they have had to fight some of the "democrat blob" along the way (e.g. the Hayley Stevens meltdown).

The bar is on the floor. To be less hawkish than every Republican this decade/century/millenium, Democrats just have to avoid starting a forever war. That's it.