Congressional Digest

Congressional Digest February 2005 No. 2 Vol. 84
Rep. Michael Oxley (OH-R)

Indecency in the Media

Rating and Restricting Entertainment Content

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Rep. Michael Oxley (OH-R)

Honorable Michael G. OxleyUnited States Representative, Ohio, RepublicanRepresentative Oxley, of the Fourth District of Ohio, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1981. He served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1972 to 1981. He chairs the Financial Services Committee. The following is from the March 11, 2004, House floor debate on H.R. 3717, the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act.Like most Americans, I am deeply disturbed by the decline of basic decency on our public airwaves. It’s incredible that parents should have to monitor the content of a football game to protect their children. The groundswell for…

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