[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 19 (Thursday, February 28, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, following up on the comments of the majority 
whip, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), I am also concerned about 
what has happened here with NPR.
  Although I had supported NPR's public funding in the past, I know 
when someone has been wronged. It does not matter if it is the 
Traditional Values Coalition or the ACLU, right or left wing, they 
simply did not deserve to be treated this way, to be forced to prove or 
disprove a negative.
  America is still recovering from September 11, and the fight ought to 
be Americans versus terrorists, not Americans versus Americans. When 
such reckless, irresponsible accusations are pulled out of thin air, we 
are doing exactly what Osama bin Laden would like us to do, to turn on 
each other.
  I am happy to see NPR has technically apologized. I can only hope 
they do so again much more loudly and much more often. It is a disgrace 
to journalism to make such a reckless accusation against a fine 
organization operating in this country.
  I insist, before I continue to support their organizations, that 
they, in fact, do apologize more forcefully.

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