"Since the founding of our country, newspapers have been a cornerstone of our democracy."
"This is an important issue. And what we will begin to look at, as this examination of what to do with newspapers in crisis continues, is the exact nature of the crisis."
"I was moved by the Scott recommendation that we come up with a national strategy for dealing with papers."
"Which would include the subsidies that they are already enjoying."
"What we are talking about here is democracy. We want the people to be able to get information."
"I am glad to know that. I am not, but I think I am going to get more familiar with them."
"This democracy will not survive without newspapers and journalism. It won't."
"We have had a nomination of Lou DeBaca, Esq., to be Ambassador at Large for Human Trafficking in the State Department."
"In a true spirit of bipartisanship, I would like to remind the Committee that President George W. Bush, in his first Inaugural Address, spoke very strongly against racial profiling as an unsatisfactor..."
"I hate to say this in this day and age, but immigrant bashing is a pretty popular sport, unfortunately, in some areas."
"Now Hispanic Americans are even more frequently being targeted."
"the truth of the matter is, we don't have an anti--the second panel is coming up, so we will have Professor Harris here."