Political Quotes

“Mr. President, Jefferson Smith, the newly minted Senator in Frank Capra's ``Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,'' opined: ``Liberty's too precious a thing to be buried in books. Men should hold it up in front of them every single day of their lives and say: I'm free to think and to speak. My ancestors couldn't, I can, and my children will.'' My amendment tackles a fundamental issue that should bring us together as a Senate: protecting Americans' First Amendment rights in the virtual town square. The First Amendment is the beating heart of our Constitution. It protects fundamental human expression, and the government shouldn't be deciding what we can read or what we can hear or what we can say. Earlier this week, Murphy v. Murray was heard in the U.S. Supreme Court. I filed that case when I was attorney general of Missouri. At issue in that case is what is at the heart of the issue here in this amendment, which is pretty simple: Should the Federal Government and its leviathan of Agencies be allowed to coerce and collude with social media companies to censor speech online? The answer for every American should be a resounding no. Unfortunately, that is what top officials in the Biden administration were doing and why this amendment is so important. What is more, censorship isn't limited to just conservative-leaning speech. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time is expired.”