66 Quotes by Brian Schatz

To address the open question of whether we are addicted to technological devices and platforms, Congress must understand the current scientific consensus, potential gaps in research, and the best way to build a body of evidence that can inform effective policymaking.

That's how the Pell Grant system works, in that you get a flat dollar amount, and you can use it for tuition or room and board.

When the Obama administration passed the net neutrality rules in 2015, even when we were winning, I favored trying to get these rules in a statute, because I feel that the best way to establish predictability for the marketplace is to make sure they're not subject to the whims of a partisan vote at the FCC.

With health care, somebody at some point decided that there was a bright line and that you had to pick sides. Well, I reject that view.

No one can fill Senator Daniel K. Inouye's shoes - but together, all of us, we can try to walk in his footsteps.

We all understand that the Affordable Care Act is not working perfectly. In fact, any major piece of legislation like this has to be tweaked over time, has to be improved over time.

It's easy for us to look at another country or another political party and say, 'Enough! Do better!'. It is a tougher conversation when the problem is in our own tent.

Because these credit agencies operate in the dark, they are allowed to be terribly unfair and unaccountable.

People in the tech community may not like politics because it seems less interesting or less pure than what they're doing. But you see the result of not caring about politics. This is no longer an abstract problem.