"We need a national strategy not only to combat climate change, but to help our economic recovery once it is safe to do so."
"Good morning, and welcome to today's joint hearing on disinformation and the crisis it is creating in our country and for our democracy."
"Make no mistake: the future of our democracy is at stake and the status quo is unacceptable."
"While Section 230 has long provided online companies the flexibility and the liability protections they need to innovate and to connect people from around the world, it has become clear that reform is..."
"Freedom of speech is a fundamental right upon which our democracy was built, and we must make sure these companies are not policing the free flow of speech."
"I do not believe repealing Section 230 is the answer. But I do believe these companies might need more oversight."
"The power to regulate speech in America is cloaked more and more in secret algorithms and centralized in the hands of a powerful few in the private sector."
"Those words have a long history of abetting bigotry and police brutality in this country."
"It frustrates me when I hear these tech companies like Facebook and Google and Twitter and others hide behind the excuse that it is their algorithms that are making these decisions about the content t..."
"The United States is a country founded on the principle of free speech and the free exchange of ideas."
"I am disturbed by a recent trend of political censorship and liberal bias that has consumed social media platforms."
"This divisiveness we are discussing here today is real."