It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.

Without amendments we would never even have had the Bill of Rights.

I was faced more with apathy than opposition.

The concept that you cannot own the airwaves has caused far more harm than good.

The electronic spectrum is the only natural resource in which there's no such thing as private property rights. You can't own a piece of the spectrum.

Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from the most simple local regulations to the highest law of the land, our federal Constitution.