"democracy in its operating principle the rule of law require a ground to stand on and that ground is the truth."
"It is time to pass a Federal shield law to protect the press whose work is essential to democracy."
"A Federal shield law like H.R. 4382 will further empower journalists to pursue the truth and hold the government accountable."
"Congress must defend actively the free press and the American public's right to know what exactly the government is doing you in our name."
"I hope it will be given full consideration."
"We must work together on a bipartisan basis to strengthen our commitment to a robust free press."
"But the point is that as long as they are not operating in their professional capacity as a journalist, they would be able to testify about criminal activity they witnessed like everybody else and wou..."
"the First Amendment doesn't guarantee that nobody's feelings are ever going to be hurt."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman and thanks to Chairman Palmer for his excellent questions there."
"All of us grow up with the wisdom of the Founding Fathers about the importance of the press as a watchdog and the importance of the sunlight that the media brings as a disinfectant to potential corrup..."
"the whole country's a free speech zone."