I so believe that our approach is right because I don't think we ought to get into states rights and have regulations that don't fit a State.

The National Transportation Safety Board reports that in 2008 almost 6,000 people died from crashes that resulted from distracted driving.

Those 812,000 drivers are not focused on the road; they're focused on their devices.

I think this is another very important component. I don't think I could have possibly signed onto a bill that would increase our debt, but this does not.

I think that is the responsible role because truck drivers are interstate.

I do not believe states should be threatened with the loss of their Federal highway funds for not enacting these laws.

We have a responsibility to get them off the road.

Driving while distracted, unfortunately, is not a new phenomenon.

We're all guilty. We're all guilty.

I think most of us would agree that driving while distracted poses serious safety risks to the drivers, but also to passengers and anyone sharing the road.

We can bring a world of information to every child regardless of where they live.

The availability of distance learning for education, and also healthcare in rural areas, are the two major reasons that I think we need to pursue this.