[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 131 (Monday, September 19, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 19, 1994]
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            STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION OF HENRY J. CAUTHEN

  Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I am pleased that the Senate has 
approved the renomination of Henry Cauthen to be a member of the Board 
of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting [CPB].
  I have had the good fortune of knowing Henry for quite some time. He 
has been a leader of educational television in South Carolina since 
1958. That was the same year that Henry started working for the South 
Carolina Educational Television Commission [S.C. ETV] and the year that 
I was elected Governor of South Carolina. Henry later became president 
of S.C. ETV in 1965. S.C. ETV has been a bellwether under Henry's 
leadership. It is on the leading edge of technology, thanks to him, and 
provides great opportunities to viewers across South Carolina. Henry 
has also served on numerous boards and advisory committees and has been 
involved in other important public-sector activities. These activities 
include: board memberships with the National Association of Educational 
Broadcasters, the National Council for Children and Television, the 
National Council on the Arts, the Carnegie Commission on the Future of 
Public Broadcasting, the Public Broadcasting Service, and the 
Association of Public Television Stations.
  Henry was first nominated to the CPB in 1990 and his nomination was 
reported by the Senate Commerce Committee without any objection. In 
1990 and on September 14 of this year, he was confirmed by the Senate 
by unanimous consent. He has done such a fine job on the CPB that the 
President has seen fit to appoint him to a second term.
  We in the Senate expect Mr. Cauthen to maintain the CPB's commitment 
to quality educational programming on public broadcasting and to ensure 
that television fulfills its potential as a source of learning and 
enjoyment for Americans everywhere in this country.
  I thank my colleagues for their support for Henry Cauthen's 
nomination. I look forward to working with my good friend, Henry 
Cauthen, for many years to come.

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