[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27458]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               BROADCASTER FREEDOM ACT DISCHARGE PETITION

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. The time has come to do away with the Fairness Doctrine 
once and for all. The Broadcaster Freedom Act that I introduced this 
summer would ensure that no future President could regulate the 
airwaves of America without an act of Congress. But it is yet to be 
scheduled for a vote.
  Moments ago, along with the full Republican leadership and 
Congressman Greg Walden, I filed a discharge petition on the 
Broadcaster Freedom Act.
  The American people should know that if 218 Members of Congress sign 
this petition, we can demand an up-or-down vote on legislation that 
would keep the so-called Fairness Doctrine from ever coming back. I say 
to my colleagues, if you oppose the Fairness Doctrine, sign the 
petition. If you cherish the national asset of American talk radio, 
sign the petition. But if you simply believe that broadcast freedom 
deserves an up-or-down vote on the floor of the people's House, sign 
the petition.
  Because when freedom gets an up-or-down vote on the people's House 
floor, freedom always wins. I urge my colleagues to sign the discharge 
petition for H.R. 2905, the Broadcaster Freedom Act.

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