As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
Al FrankenWhen people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government. They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
Al FrankenRussia has cultivated an opaque network of patronage across the region that it uses to influence and direct decision- making.
Al FrankenPart of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you'll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor. Medicare was established to secure that promise.
Al FrankenAnybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.
Al Franken