Susan Davis: “All I can say is our office is being flooded by calls from people who are saying, I thought you all were working on…”

“All I can say is our office is being flooded by calls from people who are saying, I thought you all were working on creating jobs for the American people, on making sure that working class families can support their families. And, instead, we're de-funding Federal funding of National Public Radio. And that seems like just a terrible distraction to the calls that we're getting. For many people in the San Diego region, we have KPBS radio, it's an NPR station; and it's a way to connect people to local community issues and world events. Where else can you find that kind of in-depth reporting? I don't think we can point to other stations that do that. So I'm not up here just to defend NPR, but my colleague said it's not a treasure. Well, to a lot of people that participate, yes, they will continue to fund it with their own dollars. But there is a consistency, there is a continuity, there is an expectation that this is something that is important to our communities. And it would endanger over 9,000 jobs at local radio stations if this funding goes away.”