[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 7 (Wednesday, February 2, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 2, 1994]
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                              TV VIOLENCE

  (Mr. DICKEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DICKEY. Mr. Speaker, television allows violence to enter our home 
and permeate our lives and the lives of our children.
  There are 1,845 individual acts of televised violence in a single 
day.
  In 1980, children's television programs included 18.6 acts of 
violence per hour. In 1990, children's television programs included 
26.4 violent acts per hour.
  It is estimated that average children will witness 8,000 murders and 
100,000 acts of violent before they reach the age of 12.
  I support Mr. Markey's bill, H.R. 2888, which gives parents the tools 
to stop violent programs from being viewed by children.
  H.R. 2888 is a balanced measure which does not infringe on first 
amendment rights, but instead gives parents the necessary tool to turn 
off the violence and control their children's TV habits by programming 
the remote controls.
  H.R. 2888 places the responsibility of raising children in the hands 
of the parents and not in the hands of the Federal Government and 
people who are choosing what to broadcast.
  While reducing the amount of violence on television is not the only 
symptom of the Nation's violent crime epidemic that needs to be cured, 
it is certainly a good place to start.
  I urge my colleagues to join us in cosponsoring H.R. 2888.

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