Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her very distinguished and passionate advocacy for civil liberties and civil rights. I thank her for her excellent management of this legislation. I also thank the floor leader on the minority side for his excellent words on the legislation, as well. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 4330, the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act, or the PRESS Act, which I introduced with Congressmen Lieu and Yarmuth. It is a close successor to the bill that then-Congressman Mike Pence got passed in the House in the 110th Congress by a lopsided vote of 398-21. Given that the bill passed unanimously in the Judiciary Committee earlier this year, I am very hopeful that this is the Congress in which we can get it done. Our Founders insisted that the American people must have the means to acquire the truth about their own government, their society, and their world. Those ``who mean to be their own governors,'' said Madison, ``must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.'' Newspapers were critical, a form of continuing public education about government and about society.…”