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4/25/2006
CWA Responds to Members' Outcry on Indecency Legislation WASHINGTON, April 25 /Christian Newswire/ -- Concerned Women for America (CWA) acknowledged the frustration of its members over the U.S. Senate’s failure to pass indecency legislation and the audacious acts of the major broadcast networks. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation chaired by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has continued to prevent broadcast indecency legislation from reaching the Senate floor. The four major broadcast networks’ Good Friday lawsuit protesting the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) recent rulings has only added insult to injury in the eyes of CWA members. "Our members are tired of hearing Chairman Stevens’ poor excuses for not passing this bill," said Lanier Swann, CWA’s Director of Government Relations. "The networks’ decision to sue the FCC for their ‘rights’ to use whatever language they see fit is a vivid illustration of why we must pass a strong indecency bill now. "Chairman Stevens and the multibillion-dollar broadcast industry are out of touch with the American public. He believes the ‘market has corrected itself,’ while the networks have declared their right to blanket the airwaves with sex, profanity and even the ‘f-word’ during the Family Hour. "The networks are picking a fight with American Families, who have made it clear that they are fed up with the offensive trash broadcast on the public’s airwaves. "The House overwhelmingly passed H.R. 310 over a year ago, but the bill has been languishing at the Senate desk courtesy of Sen. Ted Stevens. The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 is waiting for a vote. It has been waiting far too long - it is time to vote for final passage on this much- needed legislation." Concerned Women for America (CWA) is the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization.
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