Quote

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.

For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and regulatory measures.

For years, members of Congress have heard from constituents who want them to protect the nation from crime, terrorism and intellectual property violation. They have not faced equally robust demands that online rights and freedoms be preserved.

Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy.

I've had a growing conviction that Congress is not operating as it should. There is much too much partisanship and not enough progress.

There are a lot of things that need to be done to improve communications.

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.

I think one of the things that we are facing right now is that we've stopped listening to each other in our politics.

Ever since I came to Congress in 1992, there are those who have been trying to silence my voice. I've been told to 'sit down and shut up' over and over again. Well, I won't sit down and I won't shut up until the full and unvarnished truth is placed before the American people.