Political Quotes

“at the very start, I am grateful, and I praise my cosponsor, Senator Portman, who has helped to lead in the championing of this measure. He has really been steadfast in the face of a lot of challenges. It was a difficult bill to draft and then to redraft and change again in response to suggestions that we received from friends and adversaries, but Senator Portman has been really stalwart throughout it. I join him in thanking our partners, Senator McCaskill, Senator McCain, Senator Heitkamp, Senator Cornyn, and, of course, Senator Thune, who is the chairman of the committee, and Ranking Member Nelson. This road began for me more than 10 years ago when I was the State attorney general in Connecticut, and I wanted to pursue legal remedies against the websites. Back then, it was craigslist or MySpace that promoted sex trafficking and prostitution as well as pornography. My staff informed me that there was a provision of Federal law--section 230 of the Communications Decency Act--that would stop me in my tracks. Indeed, it has stopped others, most recently some of the survivors of sex trafficking who were told by a Federal court of appeals, in effect, that what happened to you is outrageous, and there should be a remedy for you, but section 230 of the Communications Decency Act blocks your day in court. It closes the courthouse doors to you in your seeking a legal remedy.…”