Bill Clinton: “Let me just say one final thing about this. Maybe we ought to change the name from V-chip to parent power chip. One of…”

“Let me just say one final thing about this. Maybe we ought to change the name from V-chip to parent power chip. One of the things that we talk about all the time, to go beyond this, is that all these technological changes that are going on in the world are so wonderful in so many ways, in making opportunities for people to do things they never could do before. But if we're not careful, they also make the majority of the people feel that they're losing control of their lives in many ways, not just this way, in many ways. And I think anything we can do to harness the power of new technology to give people more control back over their lives, their family lives, the workplace, the community, that's a good thing. We don't want people to feel powerless. One of the things that frustrates people in this country is they feel like there are all these forces out there running around working on their lives, and they have no control over them. And this is maybe just one small step, but it's a way of saying to people that new technologies can put you back in the driver's seat in your life, not take you further and further out of it. [A participant thanked the President and the Vice President for support of the V-chip legislation to empower parents.]”