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William Tauzin: “Let me point out that the problem is that the FCC got into doing that. It got into trying to say which religious content…”

On the recordJune 20, 2000
Let me point out that the problem is that the FCC got into doing that. It got into trying to say which religious content was educational enough to please the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) or anyone else in this country. That is what was wrong. It basically said a church service was not educational enough, a sermon perhaps by the Reverend Jessie Jackson on the Ten Commandments would not be educational enough for these commissioners, and they were going to decide when these religious broadcasters were or were not meeting the standards of the FCC, as to whether or not their religious beliefs, sermons, and services were educational enough. How crazy. Thank God they backed down from it. We need to make sure they never go back to it. That is why the Markey amendment needs to be defeated.
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William Tauzin
Republican · Louisiana
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Discussing the FCC's regulation of religious content in broadcasting.

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