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Promoting Talk Radio

Floor Speech

Date: Aug. 3, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Technology and Communication


PROMOTING TALK RADIO -- (Extensions of Remarks - August 03, 2007)

* Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, this Sunday will mark the 20th anniversary of the day the Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to abolish the "Fairness Doctrine.''

* Under President Ronald Reagan's leadership, the "Fairness Doctrine'' was removed from our airwaves because it undermined freedom of speech. Reagan was a man who realized that Washington should not tell the press what to write and say. His vision led to the development of the people's forum of talk radio.

* In the wake of this decision, talk radio has grown from fewer than a hundred shows to several thousand. Today, radio commentators like Keven Cohen in Columbia, South Carolina, and Bill Edwards in Savannah, Georgia, play a vital role in bringing intelligent and thoughtful perspective to the many issues facing America.

* The "Fairness Doctrine'' is a relic of a bygone era. Let's keep it a part of our past and not of our future.

* In conclusion, God bless our troops and we will never forget September 11th.


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