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Bob Kerrey: “I ask the Senator from Montana a question: Does he believe that the people of the United States, having granted a…”

On the recordOctober 13, 1995
I ask the Senator from Montana a question: Does he believe that the people of the United States, having granted a franchise to somebody to operate a service using a piece of the frequency bandwidth, should say, ``You own it, do whatever you want? It is yours, have some fun with it. If you want to show pornography on television at 6 o'clock go do it.'' I am asking the Senator from Montana, does he believe that the people's laws should be written to protect against pornography, or does he believe we ought to change the laws to say, no, you own that, we get rid of pornography laws, let the market take care of it?
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Bob Kerrey
Nebraska
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Questioning the regulation of broadcasting and pornography laws during a Senate debate.

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