Steve Largent: “I am afraid that some people over at the FCC have been holding their cell phones too close to their brains, because this…”

“I am afraid that some people over at the FCC have been holding their cell phones too close to their brains, because this winter they have come up with a decision and decided that they know what is best for the American people, that they understand the difference between what is religious and what is educational, so they have issued an edict. They said, Hi, I am from the FCC. We would like to offer you additional guidance in determining what is religious versus what is educational, and if it is not religious, then it does not count as educational; thus, no license. The FCC has really done this. They have made a value statement by saying that religious broadcasting is not educational. It was an unprecedented move by the FCC to become the arbiter determining what constitutes religion and what does not. Do Members know what? The American people have rejected the decision and the help and the additional guidance by the FCC. Today this House will reinforce the view of the American people by rejecting the FCC's notion that they know what is best.”