
I always feel a great deal of sympathy for the people that are being ruled by authoritarian regimes.
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I always feel a great deal of sympathy for the people that are being ruled by authoritarian regimes.

Freedom can only thrive in an open society with a government that is honest and transparent with its citizens.

I always go to Louis Brandeis, who probably about a century ago said that the solution for mis and disinformation is not censorship, but more free speech.

If people are not willing to invest in your country, you are doing something wrong with your economy.

I hope this Subcommittee will use every authority we have to compel compliance through our legitimate congressional oversight.

There is no reason whatsoever that this should remain outside of our review.

I find the Saudi Arabian human rights abuses abhorrent, as I think we all do.

I always go to Louis Brandeis, who probably about a century ago said that the solution for mis and disinformation is not censorship, but more free speech.

I am highly concerned if Congress all of a sudden inserts itself into a process of saying, we are going to identify a U.S. business that we are going to say it so iconic that no foreign government or, we are going to say who can and cannot…

The greatest threat we face being $33 trillion in debt is to have the U.S. dollar no longer the world's reserve currency.

I think the overall solution here is a free press that holds everybody accountable.

Part of the problem is, what could they really do about it.

transparency starts with within our own government, to become transparency to cough up what they know.

transparency starts with within our own government, to become transparency to cough up what they know.

What can we do about this? Do we pass a law, do we stop buying Saudi oil?

I think the overall solution here is a free press that holds everybody accountable.

It seems like our Federal Government is probably doing more covering up for the Saudis than the Saudis are doing for themselves.

Freedom can only thrive in an open society with a government that is honest and transparent with its citizens.