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Submitted: July 16, 2007 - 10:37am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 8:15am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 8:15am
"Does the senator concede that the airwaves belong to the American people? Those who profit from them do by permission of the people … and that those who use those airwaves should do it responsibly and should seek to provide both points of view, both sides of the story, so that Americans can reach a decision.”
-- Sen Richard Durbin (D-IL)
"Here's our point of disagreement. I was a former mayor. We licensed a lot of things. But one of the basic principles at stake is that we don't license and measure content when it comes to speech."
-- Sen Norm Coleman (R-MN)
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