Political Quotes

“I want to briefly respond to the arguments raised by the Senator from Kentucky and then yield the floor to Senator Lujan from New Mexico. Mr. President, the Senator from Kentucky suggested that free speech has nothing to do with the actions of private companies censoring citizens, and I am going to suggest that is a very cribbed version of free speech. The Senator from Kentucky argued: All we should care about is government restrictions of speech. But, apparently, that means there is no role to do anything to protect free speech rights from Big Tech companies that censor and silence and deplatform voices they disagree with, that abuse their monopoly power to silence voices. I will tell you, I have been proud to earn support from libertarians across Texas and across the country, and it is a strange libertarian view that supports Big Tech censorship of free speech. Being a libertarian does not mean being an anarchist, and I would suggest there is a role for government rules and regulations that are liberty enhancing and choice enhancing, and that is what this choice is. The Senator from Kentucky said: Well, consumers could just choose to turn on the AM radio. Well, no, they can't, if you have eight automakers working in concert to take that choice away from them. This is all about giving them that choice. Secondly, I would say, the Senator from Kentucky suggested consumers would pay more. Mr.…”