Tom Price: “Mr. Chairman, freedom is the foundational principle of our society. Our Founders were champions of this God-given right…”

“Mr. Chairman, freedom is the foundational principle of our society. Our Founders were champions of this God-given right and charged future generations with eternal vigilance to protect it. We are here today because some very prominent Democrat leaders, including the Senate whip, want Uncle Sam to start telling radio and TV personalities what to talk about, to limit their freedom and ours. Rather than fight in the marketplace of ideas, they want to bring back a 1929 radio regulation known as the Fairness Doctrine, which has nothing to do with fairness. A so-called ``fairness doctrine'' today tramples upon freedom of speech and freedom of the press. It dictates to Americans that in an open and free and flooded marketplace of ideas, they need Washington politicians to sort it all out. Mr. Chairman, real freedom means a government that listens to the people, not one that dictates to the people whom they must listen to. Let's keep the Fairness Doctrine off our airwaves and in the history books where it belongs.”