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Brandon Williams: “we heard the previous speaker equate public broadcasting with socialism. I think that kind of laid it bare. There is no…”

On the recordMarch 15, 1995
we heard the previous speaker equate public broadcasting with socialism. I think that kind of laid it bare. There is no secret out here anymore. This is an amendment from the far right wing of the Republican party, this doubling of cut for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting really goes by name. It is called extremism. Look, the mainspring of your party and the mainspring in the middle of your party, neither want to see the cuts doubled to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and neither your middle or ours or the middle of America believe the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is akin to socialism. This amendment represents the far extreme right wing of your party.
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Brandon Williams
Republican · New York
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Opposing cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting during a House debate.

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