[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2498]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              LEAVE ``TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL'' ON TELEVISION

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, hundreds of thousands of Americans signed 
petitions to have the popular TV show ``Touched by an Angel'' removed 
from television. They want it canceled. They said, quote-unquote, ``It 
refers too much to God.'' Unbelievable. But just turn on the TV. 
Murder, rape, terrorism, graphic depiction of sex. Beam me up, Mr. 
Speaker. Mass murder is okay, but God is offensive? I think it is time, 
ladies and gentlemen, for Congress to tell these petitioners to leave 
God and ``Touched by an Angel'' alone. Leave it on TV.
  I yield back all the sex, drugs, and murder on television.

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