Protecting Speech From Government Interference Act

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Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chairman, free speech is under attack here in America, the free United States of America. Putin is a thug, yes. China is a threat. But nothing--and I mean nothing--will bring America to its knees like the removal of our free speech, the cornerstone for our constitutional Republic.

America without free speech is like a phone without a charger. It is only a matter of time before it dies.

Attacks on free speech should not be seen with a partisan lens. Any attack on free speech is an attack on every American who gave their life so that you and I could live freely, so that you and I could express our thoughts, beliefs, and opinions without fear of retribution or persecution.

Mr. Chair, the sad reality is the Biden administration has decided to collude with Big Tech to silence the voice of the American people under the guise of misinformation.

We saw in our committee hearings it was demonstrated that the FBI colluded with Big Tech to silence Americans' free speech. The gentleman from New York says, well, it is Russia and China who are going to interfere with our elections. No, no, Democrats are doing just fine with that on their own. When they have the Federal Government working for them and their agenda to push that forward and silence Americans' free speech, they are doing just fine with election interference.

We have seen the polls that said if Americans knew about the Hunter Biden laptop from hell, the election outcome would have been different, and you all wanted that silenced so greatly.

Now let me ask you--we certainly have the Constitution; I would love to get my colleagues on the other side of the aisle a copy--who decides what is true or false? I certainly don't trust the Federal Government to make that distinction.

They were wrong about the Hunter Biden laptop. They were wrong about the vaccine mandates, about masks, about the Wuhan lab leak, wrong about shutting down churches and schools and businesses, and they are dead wrong to use their positions to attack Americans' free speech.

For the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the only thing harder than climbing a flight of stairs, riding a bicycle, or reading a teleprompter seems to be telling the truth.

Free speech isn't just for kind speech or true speech or widely accepted speech, it is for all speech, and it is worth fighting for. I thank my friend, colleague, and chairman of the Oversight and Accountability Committee, Mr. Comer, for his work to preserve free speech in America.

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