Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today to support Senator Hutchison and to talk about this role that is being played now by the Federal Communications Commission in terms of regulating the Internet for the very first time. I oppose having these bureaucrats regulating the Internet. I support the resolution of disapproval that is now on the Senate floor. In the 2008 Presidential campaign, then-Candidate Obama made it very clear that he was for empowering Washington's bureaucracy through more redtape. The President was not looking to make Washington more efficient, in my mind, or more effective, but to make Washington bigger, to centralize power in Washington. One of his campaign promises was a new regulation called net neutrality. It appears to me that the President then appointed one of his school friends and basketball buddies to be Chairman of the FCC, possibly with this in mind. So here we are in 2011, and it seems to me that Congress is now being asked to make a decision. I want Congress--I am asking Congress and my colleagues to reverse the course of the bureaucracy. The administration did not even deem this rule to be what they call significant. A significant rule is one that has an impact on the economy of at least $100 million. I believe this is a significant rule. I support Senator Hutchison in her resolution because it will keep the Internet free and open. Republicans and Democrats agree.…”