Public Comment Quotes

Frogs are not asked for their opinion when you want to drain a marshland.

Creating legislation is a tough process. But watering down legislation? Strangling it with lawsuits and comment letters and blue-ribbon committees? Not so tough, it turns out.

I never talk about my personal life. After these rumours, I definitely do not want to comment on anything.

The FCC is a quasi-judicial body. It is supposed to undertake this period of public comment with a degree of seriousness and respect.

If you decide to become a political actor, then the things that you say and you do become subject of public scrutiny and comment.

For ages, I had this mullet until someone on the street stopped me and said, 'Darling, can I cut your hair for free? Because you look a bit weird.'

[People saying to me] "You look taller on TV." I get that all the time.

Over the course of a year - from January 2014 to March 2015 - millions of Americans, hundreds of businesses, and dozens of policymakers weighed in at the Federal Communications Commission in favor of net neutrality.

President Bush, whose scorn for journalists is balanced by a soft spot in his heart for the conglomerates they work for, threatens to veto the Senate action. Keep in mind that when the public was asked to submit comments to the FCC about consolidation, only one percent approved it. The President may not be listening, but the Senate is, and the public won this round. The House has a similar resolution under consideration.

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have spent a minimum of one hour actually accomplishing a specific task while on line.

Certain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment; that you are somehow doing something that you shouldn't be doing.

Three out of four [White House] comments on our rule making were cribbed right from industry briefs.