Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I am troubled. I am deeply troubled, Chairman Pai, that under your leadership the FCC has turned from an agency whose primary objective was to ensure competition in the marketplace, to one that has be..."

"They want strong meaningful rules to protect consumers and small businesses and startups. They want rules to protect the Internet as an open forum for commerce ideas and expressions."

"It cuts funding for the FCC's core budget by 5 percent. This may pale in comparison with the drastic cuts proposed for other agencies, but it is a significant reduction for an agency whose budget basi..."

"I will work to craft a budget that truly puts Americans first."