"It took weeks of arm-twisting to get them to release the video of the leak to lawmakers."
"Representative Markey encouraged us to work with the disability community."
"I would note that one of the first completed, and least controversial, sections of that landmark legislation was Title IV."
"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."
"The goal is very clear: to ensure that Americans with disabilities have the opportunity to access and use communications services and infrastructure just like the rest of us."
"Too many of the applications transmitted over the existing devices and facilities are inaccessible to people with disabilities."
"We were able to identify more precisely the needs of the disability community."
"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 requirement for the FCC to develop a National Broadband Plan... was designed to produce a roadmap to a broadband future open to all Americans."
"I’m here today to ask you to make the 'Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act,' S. 3304, the strongest possible legislation."