Political Quotes

“I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from California for her yielding me this time, and I commend her for her opposition to this outrageous piece of legislation. I rise in strenuous opposition to H.R. 1076, visited upon us without any attention to regular order, hastened to the floor in defiance of the commitments of the Speaker, and without any hearings or consideration by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. No opportunity for the public to speak or to be heard on what we're doing. The majority continues to force Members of this body to waste time and energy of the House, a critical asset of this Nation, on political witch-hunts with respect to health care and the environment. Now we find that we're adding public broadcasting to this list. Public broadcasting is a national treasure. It provides us impartial, honest coverage of facts and news. It provides information not available elsewhere. And, yes, it sheds a little bit of culture on our people, something which probably my Republican colleagues find offensive. It has done so at very low cost to the public, with huge contributions from the people for the support of this. This legislation is going to prohibit local stations like Michigan Radio in Ann Arbor, and in your own districts and in your States, from using money from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to acquire or produce any public radio programs.…”