Reading builds the educated and informed electorate so vital to our democracy.

Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.

Appeal must be to an informed, civically militant electorate

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.

Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy.

To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.