Political Quotes

“let me begin by expressing my profound thanks to Senator Blackburn for her leadership as a champion of the Kids Online Safety Act. We have worked together over these years--yes, it has been years-- through the hearings, the drafting, the redrafting, the revisions on the redraft. Tirelessly, she has been a partner--and a true bipartisan partner--as have been Senator Schumer and Senator Thune, Senator McConnell and Senator Cruz. I want to give my thanks to colleagues on both sides of the aisle for bringing us to this truly momentous and historic point in advocating for the Kids Online Safety Act. I am grateful to them and to Chair McMorris Rodgers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Representatives Bilirakis and Casar, and to all who have joined us from the tech community, including supportive companies like Microsoft and Pinterest. Their leaders have endorsed this legislation. I express my appreciation as well to Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino. Over the weekend, we negotiated a redraft that clarifies what we have said all along: This bill is about product design. It is about protecting kids from toxic content driven at them by products designed specifically to addict them, to take them down dark rabbit holes, to drive toxic content about bullying and eating disorders, self-harm, even suicide--a scourge that every parent in the United States recognizes must be stopped and stopped now--not next session or the session afterward--because children are dying.…”