Marsha Blackburn

We know that working with small businesses to create jobs will do more to help our economy than anything the Obama Administration has tried to do.

I fear that light touch regulations that have allowed the Internet to prosper will now be replaced by a heavy hand that stifles innovation and does not adapt well to change. The Internet is not broken.

My legislation provides that Net Neutrality rules would have 'no force or effect' and prohibits similar rules from being published or re-issued.

Seldom does a member of either party have to be called down for inappropriate behavior on the House floor.

We are for abiding by the Constitution and recognize that Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 enumerates the power of establishing 'an uniform process of naturalization' to the Congress.

Citizens United fought to defend our right to free speech - and won a great victory in the United States Supreme Court.

You might have noticed Harry Reid is a little upset with Americans for Prosperity. Let me tell you, when the Democrat leader is complaining about you on the Senate floor, you know you are doing something right.

New Hampshire is one of the birthplaces of American freedom and independence - a place with a love and a passion for liberty.

The right of liberty is God-given and immortal. It cannot be regulated. Or controlled. It cannot be banned. And it must not be restricted.

Women are running companies, serving as the human resource director of companies, and helping employees solve problems. Women are doctors, lawyers, teachers, sales managers, marketers. They handle problems in the workplace by day and manage their families by night.

Serving as President of the United States is a privilege that is afforded to few in our country.

Many women are heads of households. Many are the primary wage earners for their families.

Countries like Iran and China support an Internet Iron Curtain that would censor political dissidents and deny anonymous activity online through mandatory registrations of IP addresses.

Because America leads the world by example, it's no surprise that some might seek to imitate our domestic rules and regulations on a global scale.

FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell has said that several foreign dignitaries personally spoke to him about creating a new Internet user fee to subsidize an international universal service fund at the expense of traditional end users.

There's an inverse relationship between the size and scope of government and the health of our free-market economy.

Every new rule, mandate, and regulatory edict is one more obstacle that small business owners, entrepreneurs, and job creators have to swallow.

Technology is characterized by constant change, rapid innovation, creative destruction, and revolutionary products.

A conservative vision to tech issues assumes the imperfection of mankind and a preference for markets - not politics - to drive outcomes.

I support safeguarding users' personally identifiable information and sensitive data like health or financial records. I also believe the government has a responsibility to punish deceptive and unfair practices that defy reasonable expectations about consumers' privacy.

Ironically, one of the clearer threats to consumer privacy is the government's largely unchecked ability to collect your sensitive information without due process.

An overly expansive virtual 'toll' for the Internet that blocks consumers' and competitors' access to the e-commerce superhighway is not the right answer.

Great Britain has long been one of our strongest friends in the free world.

The British health care system is a blueprint for the failure of Obamacare, as it is structured.

We need to work to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the kind of health care choices that the American people want. That doesn't include government-run health care.

While all Republicans acknowledge that there were mistakes made during the Bush Administration, again the continuous pointing a finger at President Bush has gotten tiresome.

Here in Tennessee, instead of the big spending, big government, job killing agenda of the Obama Administration, Tennesseans have tightened their belts and are struggling to find jobs that will enable them to support their families.

The Obama Administration continues to talk about the 'policies of the past' and insist that a return to those policies will lead to disaster.

We in Tennessee know that low taxes, less government, and less spending are the ways to grow our economy.

More people are working in jobs that are interactive technology based or find a basis in intellectual property.

You look at the violence that is there in entertainment, in video games, and don't just go say, 'We're going to do an assault weapons ban, and that's going to solve the problem,' because it is not going to get to the root of the problem.

Some of the school districts in my congressional district are looking at resource officers and how they secure that environment.

I've talked with a lot of teachers, classroom teachers after the Sandy Hook situation, and they say, look, we need to be looking at mental health.

We've already seen the federal government stretch their regulatory tentacles into our homes and determine what kind of light bulbs we have to use.

I think so many of our educators, when they hear about these programs coming from the federal government, they're just thinking, 'Uh, that's another book of paperwork that I'm going to have to do,' and teachers are so weighed down with that.

Defense of free markets is where we need to be when establishing a vision for national technology policy.

Less regulation plus less taxation plus less litigation always equals more innovation and job creation.

The American Dream is not being dependent on the federal government for your health care, for your automobile, for your college education, for your student loan on and on and on.

The No. 1 issue with women in this country is jobs, and the No. 2 issue is our national security. So, economic security, national security and retirement security.

The generosity of the American people is legendary. So is their spirit.

If a natural disaster strikes your community, reach out to your friends, neighbors, and complete strangers. Lend a helping hand.

If you see something suspicious, don't just walk by. Notify authorities. Get help. You could save innocent lives.

Our creative communities in Nashville, in L.A. and New York, and in Austin, those are communities you want to see stay viable.

Business models change. As technology processes, business models change.

The Budget Act of 1974 established a timetable for the annual budget process. Under Title III of the Act, Congress is to complete action on the concurrent resolution on the budget by April 15.

Earmarks are almost always inserted by a member of Congress without any notice to other members, and without a chance for Congress as a whole to debate a particular earmark as they relate to national priorities.

Politicians like to confuse congressional spending with earmarks. There is a difference.

While the budget resolution is a nonbinding blueprint, it is, nevertheless, an important guideline for Congress. Once the President's proposed budget is received by Congress on the first Monday of February, Congress generally goes to work on appropriating the funds required.

Any spending should be debated openly on the floor of the House and voted on in open session, with the American people having a chance to watch and listen.

Congress, of course, is not bound to accept the president's budget figures, but the House has the sole power to appropriate funds for spending, and it is a duty that should not be ignored.