Political Quotes

“Madam President, speaking of the vote that we will be having in just a few minutes, for the last several weeks, this Chamber has worked very hard to undo harmful rules and regulations that had been put forward by the Obama administration, at the last moment, as he was headed out the door. These are rules that hurt job creators and stifle economic growth. The FCC privacy rules are just another example of burdensome rules that hurt more than they help and serve as another example of the government's picking winners and losers. They unnecessarily target internet service providers and, ultimately, make our internet ecosystem less efficient by adding more redtape. The bottom line is that the FCC privacy rules are bad regulations that need to be repealed. I should also note that this Congressional Review Act vote will not change the entire online privacy protections that consumers currently enjoy, and it will not change statutory privacy protections under the Communications Act. It will repeal something that was done unilaterally by President Obama and his administration, as I said, following the ending of his term, as they were headed out the door. I thank the junior Senator from Arizona, Senator Flake, for his work on this CRA and moving it forward. I urge all of my colleagues to support this resolution of disapproval. Madam President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii.”