[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 11919]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  PROTECTING CHILDREN ON THE INTERNET

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I appreciate Senator McCain for raising 
this important issue. I agree with him that is difficult to conceive 
that anyone would think that material that comes through the Internet 
which would not be allowed in the library in a book should be allowed 
to be in there electronically. It is frustrating to see the National 
Library Association, who I have observed over the years have a very 
radical view of absolutely no one telling a librarian what can be 
brought into a library. I don't think that is legitimate. Their 
salaries are paid by the taxpayers, and they receive money from the 
Federal Government. They don't have an absolute, unprotected right to 
select whatever they want in the library. It is not a healthy matter.

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