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On the recordSeptember 26, 1997
the fact is this is not free speech, the United States is paying for it, and the Palestinian Broadcast Corporation is calling for the annihilation of the United States. I do not think we should fund agencies that call for the destruction of the United States and the destruction of other countries, including Israel. So it is not free speech, we are paying for it.
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Jon Fox
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Addressing funding for the Palestinian Broadcast Corporation and its calls for violence.

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