"We need to preserve the Internet's multistakeholder organization and governance and not allow governments, particularly those bent on censorship, to gain control."
"I would like to pick up on that concept, and that is, we have got a lot of language adopted from 1865 to 1988, and one can imagine that the opponents of freedom will try to apply that to the Internet."
"I do want to pick up on your idea that the U.S., perhaps the private sector as well as government, should be chipping in a bit to help those from poorer countries participate in the multistakeholder f..."
"So we should be saying, No content regulation, whether it is text or voice, whether it is over old telephony wires or new Internet technology; the ITU is there to provide for international payment rec..."
"It wouldn't be such a bad idea if both businesses and the government would help strengthen the multistakeholder approach."
"I want to identify myself with the comments of the ranking member, particularly his recognition of Secretary Clinton's service to our country over the last 4 years."
"We should do more for diplomatic security, the State Department should follow its own procedures, and we haven't done so."
"It takes an act of Congress."
"Fifteen hundred rockets and mortars entered Israel aimed at apartment buildings, schools and hospitals."
"If we are going to praise Egypt for helping to end this barrage of missiles against Israel, we must also condemn Egypt for allowing those rockets to be smuggled through their territory."
"This effort to delegitimize Israel and to delegitimize Israel's right to defend itself needs to be turned back."
"The Federal Government does an awful lot to try to support the home market, especially in these difficult economic times."