Todd Akin
Todd Akin
William Todd Akinis a former U.S. Representative for Missouri's 2nd congressional district, serving from 2001 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 July 1947
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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In light of this mounting problem, it may become necessary to restore the confirmation process by adjusting the rules in the Senate.
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Each of those provisions strengthens the FCC's ability to enforce existing decency regulations and protect the airwaves, and thereby ordinary Americans, from offensive material.
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We do not have to look very far to see the results of family deterioration.
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There is simply no excuse for that crudeness on the public airwaves.
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As the President said in his Inaugural Address, the people of the world have a desire to live in liberty.
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This is not about who is running the media, this is about the question of the shock jocks who have been pushing the moral envelope for all too long and the vulgar and indecent comments that come over the public airwaves.
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And then secondly, selling the case that that power should be exercised in the case of the Pledge of Allegiance which we finally succeeded in doing with 247 votes - a clear, hammering-strong, majority.
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So part of my work was just an educational job of bringing congressmen up to speed that we had this power.