"It is wrong that a soldier blinded in combat can come home and, because of the absence of video devices, not being able to fully access some of what is on the television, including emergency informati..."
"I want to congratulate you, Senator Pryor, and Senator Rockefeller, on the leadership which you are showing on this very important issue of affordable, universal access for all Americans to the latest..."
"We believe that, today, access to the Internet and the ability to communicate over smartphones and computers is an essential service of the 21st Century."
"The time to solve the problem, in our judgment, is now."
"Americans with disabilities should have access to the new telecommunications technologies of the 21st Century as well, and delay is unacceptable."
"Now, what is the result? Well, interestingly, when people turn on their TV set and they go to closed captioning... the immigrant community can now turn on the closed captioning and their children can ..."
"The guiding principles of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act that I have introduced in the House... is to bring existing federal laws requiring communications and video progra..."
"In that debate, we were told that mandating closed captioning on all television sets would cost $20 per TV set. It would crush the industry."
"The requirement for the FCC to develop a National Broadband Plan... was designed to produce a roadmap to a broadband future open to all Americans."
"Now is the time to break down these walls of exclusion of the Digital Era."
"I want to sincerely thank both Representative Ed Markey (D-MA-7) who introduced H.R. 3101 and especially today Senator Pryor and Senator Kerry today for trying to help individuals with sensory disabil..."
"I’m here today to ask you to make the 'Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act,' S. 3304, the strongest possible legislation."