Ed Markey: “my motion would ensure that this Republican bill will not cut access to children's educational programming through…”

“my motion would ensure that this Republican bill will not cut access to children's educational programming through public television stations. From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. every single day, the public television system is the children's television network for free in our country. Hour after hour, public television delivers free, entertaining, educational programming for all children, all ages, Black, White, Latino, Asian, for free, regardless of race, regardless of income. And its ``Arthur,'' ``Molly of Denali,'' the ``Wild Kratts,'' ``Lyla in the Loop,'' ``Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood,'' on all day long. These Republican bill cuts will cause stations that deliver this essential children's programming to go dark. These cuts will be especially devastating to millions of children and families in rural and underserved and low-income communities that don't have access to a high-speed network. Defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a betrayal of all those kids. The Markey motion says--and I ask for an ``aye''--keep the children's television network on PBS on all day all across our country for free, for every child. That has educated generations of children in our country. Keep the children's television network on the air. Vote aye for the Markey motion.”