“I told Rep. Brown that I noticed that candidates for tech support jobs coming out of community college are better prepared if they were exposed to computer science in high school.” – Frank Valdivieso, VFI member after meeting his member of Congress

“Customers want their rights protected by their own country’s laws. Americans want that, citizens everywhere want that. So the fundamental challenge that we’ve been dealing with is concerns by other people that their rights are not being protected by laws when you have these extraterritorial warrants.” – Brad Smith, president, Microsoft

“I have new confidence about my expertise and ability to effect change. I’m now planning to brief others in my professional network about…how we need to speak up about technology policies. It’s amazing to be able to make a difference.” – David Gersten, VFI member