Sen. Hollings To Step Down
Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., who for three decades has decried the record industry over explicit recordings, announced Monday that he will not seek re-election and will retire from Congress at the end of 2004.
Hollings, 81, the ranking member of the Senate Commerce
Committee and its chairman during the Clinton administration, helped the industry on trade issues. But he is best known for his critical remarks at the 1985 lyrics hearing at which the Parents Music Resource Center called for voluntary industry labeling. "It's outrageous filth," Hollings called certain recordings. "If I could find some way constitutionally to do away with it, I would."
In recent years, Hollings chided the industry for its failing marks in a Federal Trade Commission study on the marketing of violent content to children. Three former RIAA chiefs have been at the receiving end of Hollings' criticism: Stanley Gortikov, Jason Berman and Hilary Rosen.
Hollings, 81, the ranking member of the Senate Commerce
In recent years, Hollings chided the industry for its failing marks in a Federal Trade Commission study on the marketing of violent content to children. Three former RIAA chiefs have been at the receiving end of Hollings' criticism: Stanley Gortikov, Jason Berman and Hilary Rosen.
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