"I am a bit appalled that this hearing now gets layered over with the issue of race in a very strong way."
"I just don't like that at all."
"It is repulsive."
"This is designed--and again, I want to commend the Chair and the Ranking Member Ruiz for making sure that we move down a path together."
"This, for lack of a better term, has scared the hell out of me."
"I would strongly support, Madam Chair, any future hearings on this."
"That got my attention, and it will keep my attention."
"Mr. Mfume. I vote aye."
"I disassociate myself with her remarks when she said, as did the gentlewoman from Georgia, 'God bless Elon Musk.'"
"We campaign in that kind of poetry, but we are elected to govern in prose."
"So, my point here about content moderation on the front end prevents some of the crazy things we see on the back end."
"I would caution all Members that we are getting very close to witness intimidation, right on the verge of it."