Brian Schatz

“The good news is the Republicans have started to say the right things about net neutrality. The bad news is we're not particularly close on what a bill would look like.”

“Telecom companies are doing very, very well. And the internet economy is doing very, very well.”

“We need a generation of net neutrality voters. People now really understand what's at stake, and we need to translate millions of comments to the FCC into millions of votes in the midterm.”

“Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent allied with Democrats, has championed Medicare for All, which would give every American coverage through the federal health insurance program for seniors. Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow wants Medicare coverage for anyone over the age of 55.”

“There is no lack of profitability or investment among these telecommunications companies. There is nothing that an open-internet order did to them that diminished their success.”

“I have a pretty friendly professional working relationship with Mr. Pai, and I told him not to walk down too much of a partisan path. I didn't think it would be good in terms of policy. And I didn't think it would be good in terms of the FCC's ability to solve other problems.”