[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 14 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1144]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HOLD HOLLYWOOD RESPONSIBLE

  (Mr. ROEMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, many of us over the course of service in 
Congress have come to this floor as Members of this body and as parents 
to strongly condemn some of the types of films that are coming out of 
Hollywood and New York for their vulgarity, for their lack of content, 
for their lack of values, and their message to the American people.
  While I have done that in the past, I also do not claim to be a 
Siskel or an Ebert or even an Arch Campbell. But I also think we should 
come to this body, as Members of Congress, when there is a good movie, 
and encourage our citizens and consumers of this country that when 
Hollywood does do the exceptional thing and make the exception and make 
a Frank Capra-like move, like Mr. Holland's Opus, about how one person 
can make a difference, how education is important in America, and about 
values, I think we should all reward those types of messages in America 
today.

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