[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          DO NOT KILL BIG BIRD

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I am here to deliver one short concise, 
simple message to my colleagues: Do not kill Big Bird. Do not kill Big 
Bird by voting for mean-spirited Republican budget cuts on Public 
Broadcasting. Do not kill Big Bird in order to help finance tax breaks 
for the very wealthy in this country. Do not kill Big Bird in order to 
help finance a star wars program that this country neither wants or 
needs.
  Do not kill Big Bird because millions of American children, including 
my own three children, have grown up on Big Bird and ``Sesame Street'' 
and Mr. Rogers and Public Broadcasting. Do not kill Big Bird because 
Public Broadcasting works. Public Broadcasting is good for the American 
taxpayer and good for the American people.
  Do not kill Big Bird because the public-private partnership of Public 
Broadcasting is what has really proven to be successful in this 
country.
  In short, Mr. Speaker, do not kill Big Bird.
  

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