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CWALAC Calls on Senate Commerce Committee to Act on Indecency Legislation Immediately 1/18/2006

Washington, D.C. – Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee (CWALAC) calls on the Senate Commerce Committee to push final passage of Rep. Fred Upton’s (R-Michigan) Broadcast Indecency Act of 2005, which was easily passed in the House almost a year ago. The Committee will hold hearings Thursday to discuss this indecency legislation, which would enforce stricter broadcasting fines and regulations.

“Our membership is calling on the Senate to give final passage to Rep. Upton’s indecency bill as quickly as possible,” said Lanier Swann, CWA’s Director of Government Relations. “The Senate has no excuse to continue to stall this much-needed legislation. In passing strong indecency language, broadcasters will be forced to deal with the consequences of violating Federal Communications Commission regulations. Current fines, like those doled out to the masterminds behind Janet Jackson’s infamous wardrobe malfunction, were just a drop in the bucket for network magnates like CBS. Our hope is that in stiffening the fines, broadcasters will think twice before producing, promoting and airing blatantly offensive material.

“It’s high time senators listen to constituent voices and crack down on the garbage that comes through the airwaves by increasing the penalties for those who allow it onto our television sets in the first place.”