I am worried that today's hearing is setting a dangerous precedent that if Congress doesn't like what you publish, you will be hauled in before a congressional committee to answer for it.

We have spent tens of millions of dollars on you pursuing Joe Biden and you have not identified a single crime.

You are the one who needs to disentangle from that situation.

Today, for example, Vladimir Putin tries to make people forget about the humanity of 38 million Ukrainians that he wants to control.

Authoritarian states use propaganda to dehumanize their victims and to mask their brutality.

The opposite of that model of government is government in the public interest for the common good.

The opposite of propaganda is education.

Every minute wasted on spurious conjecture, every sentence spoken amplifying false information, and every hearing spent on unsubstantiated allegations comes at a cost, and at the end of the day, it will be the American people who will pay…

The opposite of authoritarianism is democracy and freedom.

One of the ways that we lose to authoritarian states is if they can get their claws into our leaders.

There is not a single member of our party who supports Hamas.

This committee seems to be forgetting that there is a difference between government speech, which the Supreme Court has previously ruled government entities have a right to do, and government coercion.

You have not identified a single crime, but what is the crime that you want to impeach Joe Biden for and keep this nonsense going?

Attempts by government actors and would-be leaders to undermine the press... are an assault on the pillars of our democratic foundation.

What we have here is the commissioner, who is the head of the Food and Drug Administration, and then we get a drive-by spray of propaganda, disinformation, and ideological attacks.

I am going to follow up on this because this exchange to me was extremely illuminating because what we have here is the commissioner, who is the head of the Food and Drug Administration, and then we get a drive-by spray of propaganda…

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In fact, former Vice President Mike Pence, then a Member of this Committee, first introduced such legislation in 2005.

A free press informs the American people of important policy issues and government actions that may impact their lives.

I just want to thank you for your great devotion to the task here and you are a model public servant trying to advance the public interest at every turn.

I thank the gentleman, Mr. Mfume, for yielding me time. I am grateful to him for his extraordinary leadership through this catastrophe and for leading us through this Special Order hour this afternoon. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak about…

If the press cannot protect its sources, then important truths may never come to light, and Americans in our democracy suffer.

More recently, Representatives Kevin Kiley and Jamie Raskin helped spearhead passage of H.R. 4250, the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act.

So, you advocated mandatory testing. You would like us to give you that regulatory authority?

If we want an effective, strong regulator, we have got to give them the authority and the resources to get the job done.