Higher Fines Would Bring Cleaner Airwaves
- By By Rep. Fred Upton
- Special to Roll Call
- March 26, 2004, 1:12 p.m.
Who would’ve known America’s favorite sports ritual would set the stage for where we are today in the fight to clean up the public airwaves. It has been just 10 weeks since Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and I introduced H.R. 3717, the “Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act,” to significantly strengthen the Federal Communications Commission’s hand in its enforcement of broadcast decency laws. To say the very least, a lot has happened in those 10
weeks, and now the nation’s eyes are upon us.
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