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442 Cannon House
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Washington, DC
20515
202-225-6316 Phone
202-225-4975 Fax
In Albuquerque
20 First Plaza NW
Suite 603
Albuquerque, NM
87102
505-346-6781 Phone
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Congresswoman Heather Wilson, First Congressional District of New Mexico


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Wilson Urges Enforcement of Broadcast Indecency Standards January 28, 2004
 
Albuquerque, NM – Congresswoman Heather Wilson today expressed concern that reduced broadcast indecency standards have missed the mark.

Speaking at today’s Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet hearing, Wilson said she is a cosponsor of the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004, which increases penalties for broadcast indecency.

“I share the views of my constituents expressed to me in hundreds of letters and e-mails,” Wilson said. “I am concerned that use of such profanity reflects a regrettable coarsening of the language and images on television and radio today. And while some argue that television and radio reflects social values, it also influences them.”

Because of a recent ruling the concept of what constituted “indecent” material changed from the “Seven Dirty Words” because the FCC thought the definition was too narrow. The FCC decided to take context into account in order to broaden what would constitute indecent material.

Wilson is concerned that the FCC missed the objective. “I don’t think that a word otherwise considered indecent becomes acceptable merely because it is used as an adjective rather than a verb. The FCC plays an important role in protecting Americans, particularly children, from indecent programming.”

Wilson is a cosponsor of legislation to increase the penalties for broadcaster violations of indecency rules, supported by the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee. She also is a cosponsor of a Sense of the House Resolution introduced by Rep. Chip Pickering calling on the FCC to vigorously enforce indecency rules.

“I hope this hearing and these legislative efforts will influence the FCC to return to the original concept of what constituted indecency,” Wilson said. “It is hard enough to raise G-rated kids in an X-rated world. We don’t need television and radio bringing even more offensive language into our living rooms.”

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