Political Quotes

“I thank my colleagues, Senator Flake from Arizona and Senator Klobuchar from Minnesota, for bringing this timely issue to the floor. We are facing an attack on an American institution--an attack on our freedom of the press. Sadly, the President is making an award of some kind to what he considers to be corrupt media, but I am afraid, once again, his actions will cast a shadow over our constitutional commitment to the basic freedoms we enjoy in America. We all know why freedom of the press was included in the Bill of Rights: because the Founding Fathers--those who crafted those critical words that have led us for more than two centuries--believed there should be an accountability, accountability when it came to the government, its actions, and to public officials. That accountability sometimes is painful, as Senator Flake has acknowledged. Many of us, as Members of the Senate, House, and other political roles, really hate to receive certain phone calls and questions from members of the press, but it is part of our responsibility, as public servants, as public officials, to be accountable to the public. That is what freedom of the press is about. I think that is the part that troubles and worries and pains the President the most; that he will be held accountable for the things he has said and the things he has done.…”