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Dan Burton: “Mr. Chairman, this legislation in a tougher form, in a tougher form, passed the Senate with 73 Members of that body…”

On the recordAugust 4, 1995
Mr. Chairman, this legislation in a tougher form, in a tougher form, passed the Senate with 73 Members of that body voting for it. Members who were here before, conservatives, liberals, moderates, they are not for Government censorship. They would not vote for it. People you guys and I respect. This is not Government censorship; this is very, very simply a tool that we are going to give parents to protect their kids from the filth that is coming across the airwaves.
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Dan Burton
Indiana
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Discussing legislation aimed at providing parents tools to protect children from inappropriate content.

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