[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 65 (Friday, May 16, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E947-E948]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN TRIBUTE TO RICHARD W. CARLSON

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                           HON. NANCY PELOSI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 15, 1997

  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to pay 
tribute to Richard W. Carlson, president and CEO of the Corporation for 
Public Broadcasting. Mr. Carlson resigned last week from his position 
at CPB after 5 years of exemplary work for the public broadcasting 
industry.
  During Mr. Carlson's tenure, public broadcasting faced a great 
challenge of consistently reduced federal funding. He responded to this 
challenge by calmly and effectively leading CPB through changes to make 
public broadcasting more effective.
  Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Carlson has reduced CPB overhead 
expenses, protected program content from government editing, instituted 
a moratorium on adding new stations to TV and radio grant programs, 
devised a new TV station overlap policy and created a new grant 
program, the Future Fund.
  However, these significant accomplishments take a backseat to his 
commitment to continuing and strengthening public broadcasting's 
mission of education. Education is at the heart of public broadcasting. 
Mr. Carlson has played an important role in making certain learning 
resources are available through public broadcasting and reach almost 
every home, school, and business in this nation.
  In addition to the contributions he has made to public broadcasting, 
Mr. Carlson has accomplished many personal achievements. He has 
received several major awards for journalism, including the prestigious 
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Peabody Award and the 1997 American Broadcast Pioneer Award, which is 
presented to those who have contributed in a legendary fashion to the 
broadcast industry.
  Mr. Speaker, public broadcasting has benefitted substantially from 
Richard Carlson's stalwart and thoughtful leadership. His presence will 
be greatly missed. I know my colleagues will join with me in wishing 
him well in his future endeavors.

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