Tom Harkin: “what we have coming up here are two votes, one at 2:45 on the Inhofe sense-of-the-Senate amendment, to be followed by a…”

“what we have coming up here are two votes, one at 2:45 on the Inhofe sense-of-the-Senate amendment, to be followed by a vote on my amendment. Now, you might say: What harm is it in voting for the Inhofe sense- of-the-Senate amendment? Well, I thought I might even vote for it myself, until I read it. Because if you look at the sense-of-the-Senate amendment by the Senator from Oklahoma, in its findings--in its findings--it says: The American Forces Radio and Television Service and the American Forces Network provide a ``touch of home'' to members of the Armed Forces [et cetera] by providing the same type and quality of radio and television programming . . . that would be available in the continental United States. Well, when AFRTS provides for 100 percent, under 33 local stations around the world, of Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura and James Dobson and zero percent on the progressive side, that is hardly ``the same type and quality'' ``available in the continental United States.'' So right away, that is a wrong finding. Another finding is that the: American Forces Radio and Television Service . . . select programming that represents a cross-section of popular American radio and television. Well, again, if 100 percent is on one side and zero is on the other, that also cannot be so.…”