Eli Crane said "Mr. Chairman, I have to explain again to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, CPB, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the public taxpayer-financed component of public broadcasting, will be gone by 1998. All my amendment does is phase that cut in in a way where they can make the adjustment easier than is otherwise prescribed under the legislation before us. It is a 33, 33, 33 percent cut instead of waiting until 1997 and taking a 70 percent hit on their whole budget. It is history, guys. Open your eyes up. We are talking about letting the private sector run it as it always should have." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 15, 1995

Mr. Chairman, I have to explain again to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, CPB, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the public taxpayer-financed component of public broadcasting, will be gone by 1998. All my amendment does is phase that cut in in a way where they can make the adjustment easier than is otherwise prescribed under the legislation before us. It is a 33, 33, 33 percent cut instead of waiting until 1997 and taking a 70 percent hit on their whole budget. It is history, guys. Open your eyes up. We are talking about letting the private sector run it as it always should have.

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Eli Crane

Republican · Vermont

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing amendments related to funding cuts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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