Political Quotes

“I want to clear up what I think are probably a couple of misunderstandings that my colleagues have across the aisle. One of the things I think it's important for everyone in this Chamber to realize, and I know some want to make fun of the fact that we're here talking about $100 million, $92 million, $67 million, different funding that goes in and through NPR. Mr. Speaker, every single penny that comes from the taxpayer is important. And every single penny that we appropriate comes from those taxpayers, and we are charged with being good stewards of that money. Changing the structure in which NPR does their business, as Mr. Lamborn said, looking at that business model, this is a step that we can take to save those taxpayer dollars. This is a step that is going to change that business model and free NPR. Now, contrary to what some across the aisle are saying, this doesn't take NPR off the air. What this does is to say, NPR, you've got to get out of the taxpayers' pocket, because the taxpayer is not going to allow those taxpayer dollars to be spent to pay those NPR dues and to buy that NPR programming. Now, another misconception that seems to be out there is about jobs and saying that programming is going to be denied because these stations won't be able to use taxpayer money to acquire some of this government NPR programming. Let me tell you, what we're doing is empowering these local radio stations, and I hope, Mr. Speaker, that our colleagues understand this.…”