WASHINGTON, DC –U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules, today took to the Senator floor to tell Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to abandon misguided attempts to amend the First Amendment to stifle free speech of the American people and to stop engaging in character assassination against the Koch family.

Senator Roberts made the remarks following the decision by Majority Leader Reid, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (R-Calif.) to ignore rules regarding use of space in the U.S. Capitol complex to premier a movie with political content attacking Charles and David Koch.