National security laws must protect national security. But they must also protect the public trust and preserve the ability of an informed electorate to hold its government to account.
AL FRANKENThe nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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Bob Dole used to be really funny. Barney Frank can be kind of funny. Bob Kerrey has a good sense of humor.
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One thing I’ve noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides.
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The Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to Silicon Valley. And you can’t impeach Google if it breaks its ‘Don’t be evil’ campaign pledge.
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I think that the default for collecting any kind of personal data should be opt-in consent.
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The way I see it, I’m not going to Washington to be the 60th Democratic senator. I’m going to Washington to be the second senator from the state of Minnesota.
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The institutions that we’ve built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don’t apply to the private sector.
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Good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.
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Minnesota has a proud tradition of having two Senators on the Ag committee – a tradition I’d like very much to continue.
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You see, they love America like a 4-year-old loves his mommy. Liberals love America like grown-ups. To a 4-year-old, everything Mommy does is wonderful and anyone who criticizes Mommy is bad.
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Well, I think that there’s a value to comedy in and of itself.
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Some of my colleagues seem more interested in using every procedural method possible to keep the Senate from doing anything than they are in creating jobs or helping Americans struggling in a difficult economy.
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If you use a cell phone – as I do – your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.
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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building,
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If 98 out of 100 doctors tell me I’ve got a problem, I should take their advice.
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My dad never graduated high school. He was a printing salesman.
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