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    "ocrText": "DRAFT 7/26/96 6:00 P.M. VERSION Ayn\nPRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON\nOPENING STATEMENT FOR CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING SUMMIT\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nJULY 29, 1996\nWe gather here with a clear purpose: To improve and expand educational television for our\nchildren.\nI believe this is a positive and hopeful time. an age of enormous possibility a chance for\nus\nto build a country and a world that is stronger and safer and more full of opportunity than\nany that existed before.\nOur success in the next century depends on building strong families today. In the State of the\nUnion, I challenged us to do everything in our power to strengthen our families to help our\nparents raise decent, responsible, well-educated children, committed to our basic values. That\nis why we have worked so hard to give American families more control over one of the most\ninfluential forces in our country: Television.\nTelevision is part of our landscape: A typical child watches 25,000 hours of television before\nhis or her 18th birthday. Preschoolers watch 28 hours of television a week -- Presidents,\nnearly that much.\nWe have dedicated ourselves to giving parents the power to screen out the television they\nknow their children should not see. I signed the V-Chip into law -- and now parents can stop\nprograms with explicit sexuality and violence from coming into their homes. You in the:\nentertainment industry did your part. Meeting in this very room 5 months ago, you\nvolunteered to rate shows for content. You came together as responsible corporate citizens to\ngive America's families an early-warning system; parents who use the V-Chip will now be\nable to block objectionable shows before it's too late. Together, these initiatives constitute an\ninvaluable arsenal for America's parents.\nBut that is only half the battle. As Americans, we do not define ourselves by what we stand\nagainst -- but by what we stand for. When we tear down the bad, we have never been content\nto leave just emptiness behind. We have always wanted to leave something beautiful in its\nplace.\nThat is what we must do today. With your help, we have made progress cleaning up the\ntelevision that is harmful to our children. Now we have the opportunity to use those same\nairwaves for something good: Educational programming that is as great as our kids are.\nTelevision can be a strong and positive force. It can help children learn to count, read, and\nthink. It can reinforce, rather than undermine, the values we work so hard to teach our\nchildren -- showing kids every day what it means to share, to respect themselves and others,"
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