Patricia Schroeder: “Americans all know that when they hear a fox is guarding the chicken house, they should be very concerned. They soon are…”

“Americans all know that when they hear a fox is guarding the chicken house, they should be very concerned. They soon are going to know that when a different kind of fox comes with their lobbyists to meet with the Speaker, they ought to also be concerned because the airwaves are supposed to be public. We now are learning more and more about Mr. Murdoch's meeting with his lobbyist, Mr. Murdoch representing the Fox Broadcasting Network, and how he is trying to get different privileges versus NBC, all of which are supposed to be on the public airwaves, which, of course, we are supposed to be trustees of. All that going on with the little book deal on the side. I think we need to get the cloud out of this Chamber that that has caused. We need to get it to a special prosecutor. We need to get on with it. And we really need to bring back the faith the American people have here that this is not a coin-operated legislative machine, that people can come as citizens and bring their petitions and that we truly are going to be the trustees of the public airwaves.”