"Let's keep in mind that data can also benefit consumers and can empower individuals to own their own data."
"I am glad that after all these years, Congress has finally decided to pay attention to the technology that could again, just like the Internet, upend the way we do everything in our lives."
"Nothing has been more clear on this committee than the blind aversion to change that some of our Members have constantly espoused."
"I am amazed at how easily Representatives from California are so willing to suppress the innovation occurring in their own State."
"It has never been a cornerstone of my grandfather's Democratic Party to oppose innovation."
"We said we support the agreement. It is going to be great for Minnesota, not just for agriculture, but mining, manufacturing, medical, on it goes."
"I am a big supporter of Taiwan and relations that we have with them."
"I think you can become a prisoner of your need for security, and I really am troubled at the tone that suggests that U.S. citizens should give up more of their privacy rights."
"I must have a different point of view when it comes to some of my colleagues on cryptocurrencies."
"We worry that too much government could kill this thing before it can grow into something that is very good for our economy."
"I have a problem with, 'Government is here to help us and we need more Government.'"
"I respectfully disagree with the idea that that won't act as a wet blanket on this amazing new technology."