Political Quotes

“I was the one who offered at the committee level the amendment that would strike the RICO provision dealing with obscenity on cable television. I was unhappy to learn that this was going to be done on suspension, and when I raised the issue with the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from Illinois, he was very gracious and very fair, and I appreciate it, in leaving that part out of the bill. So we have a bill now that deals just with improving our ability to deter and punish, if deterrence fails, the abuse and exploitation of children. It is a very worthy goal which I assume will be unanimously supported, and I want to express my appreciation to the majority for accommodating my concern. I have some very strenuous objections to the RICO extension to the cable TV situation. As I said in committee, I was particularly surprised, that I thought that I shared with many of my friends on the other side a deep skepticism about RICO, and it therefore seemed to me odd that we would be extending it at this point.”