"The big tech companies were not the ones who said this bill would cause the U.S. to lose its position as a global leader in supporting a free and open Internet."
"It was not the big tech companies who said the bill would kill our best hope for securing Internet."
"I do not think it is a balanced effort, and I am sorry that we do not have any technical expertise on this panel."
"The memos are actually just common sense."
"We know that Congress has dramatically increased the resources available to enforce our immigration laws."
"Without a doubt, our country came to be the greatest on the planet in less than 200 years due to its unique ability to attract the best and brightest minds from around the world and have them become A..."
"The fact that we became the strongest economic and military power on Earth was not fate; it wasn't an entitlement; it wasn't just given to us. It was earned."
"These national qualities ensured that we were on the right side of the global brain drain that has been occurring for the last two centuries."
"But today we find ourselves on the other side of the drain. While we once asked the brightest minds in the world to come and make their homes here, we now turn them away."
"I introduced a bill a short while ago that addresses a whole multiplicity of issues, including the need to keep master's and Ph.D. students who can create jobs here."
"It is a good package, and I would like to recommend it to all of you."
"It needs to be fixed."