Dennis Hastert Quotes
Our world has evolved and grown more technologically savvy. Lawmakers need to adjust to these changes.
Hastert, Dennis. "Statement on Online Free Speech." U.S. House of Representatives, 2006.
There is an opposite school of thought which argues that because technology develops so fast, by the time you legislate about it of you understand it, it is too late to prevent major problems and abuses which can become institutionalized. Instead it is argued, legislate rapidly BEFORE you understand all the consequences and then repeal and revise very frequently as the technology develops. This school argues that Schmidt’s view is tantamount to not legislating at all as it will ALWAYS be too late if you wait till you understand the consequences.
John Dennis Hastert is an American former politician and child molester who represented Illinois's 14th congressional district from 1987 to 2007 and served as the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007, the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in history. After the Democrats gained a majority in the House, he resigned and began to work as a lobbyist. He is the last Speaker of the House to not be a Catholic.
