Chris Smith actually said...

"We should all be afraid because they have no respect for basic democratic rights that we cherish so much."

"It is in my DNA to resist these authoritarian efforts to control free, uncensored access to knowledge."

"the shameful complicity and the cowardice of many in our academic community, some of the biggest and most prestigious universities, not just in this country, but around the world, is not new."

"We cannot allow this to continue as far as our laws here are concerned."