[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 172 (Wednesday, November 7, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H13216]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUBLIC BROADCASTING ACT OF 1967

  (Mr. CARNAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in recognition of the 40th 
anniversary of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. Congress passed the 
act to advance both communications technology and quality programming. 
It now invests in over 1,000 local radio and television stations, 
providing every American with access to commercial-free educational and 
thought-provoking programming.
  For years, parents in my home of St. Louis, Missouri, have turned to 
KETC-TV as their children's developing minds are broadened by programs 
like ``Sesame Street.'' These same parents depend on KWMU for in-depth 
news coverage of local, national and global events.
  With its mission to provide programs which inform, enlighten and 
enrich the public, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has 
contributed to the development of our children, the public's interest, 
and the understanding of our world and the implementation of a new and 
better communications technology.
  As the bill was signed into law on November 7, 1967, President Lyndon 
Johnson so eloquently stated, ``While we work every day to produce new 
goods and create new wealth, we want most of all to enrich man's 
spirit.'' Thank you to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for 
doing just that.

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