[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 82 (Thursday, May 14, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H3511]
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                            KEEPING AM RADIO

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call for a vote at some 
time in this Chamber shortly on H.R. 979, a bill put together by Gus 
Bilirakis of Florida.
  Recently, I had a friend who purchased a high--I could even argue 
overpriced European automobile. After driving around in the car for a 
few days, all of a sudden, she realized that automobile didn't have AM 
radio.
  I can't imagine what I would have felt like if I spent 50 grand for a 
car and had no AM radio. Couldn't I take it back and say: Take out the 
windshield and put in the AM radio.
  I mean, there are certain things you expect out of a car. I know the 
automobile industry is highly regulated to a certain extent because we 
don't want anybody shocked at the things they don't have in a car when 
they buy it.
  This bill is mandatory. I bet I have AM radio on 80 percent of the 
time I am in the car. Whether you want news, traffic, weather, sports, 
AM is the radio where you find it.
  I will tell you: To prevent anybody from having a heart attack when 
they buy a car, let's pass H.R. 979.

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