[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24294]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



          CALLING ON PUBLIC RADIO TO DISCONTINUE POLITICAL ADS

  (Mr. TAUZIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TAUZIN. Mr. Speaker, Americans were shocked this morning to 
realize that today public radio is beginning to air political 
advertisements. It seems that public radio has interpreted their 
mandate to include reasonable access to Federal candidates to allow the 
placement of Democratic political advertisements on public radio.
  Now, I think they have interpreted the law wrong. But I am calling 
upon public radio to immediately take those political ads down. The law 
requires, in effect, that they cannot charge for political advertising.
  The Democrat candidates are apparently taking advantage of tax-free 
paid support to public radio by placing their ads free of charge on 
public radio. That ought to end today. If it does not end today, I will 
call upon every candidate in political elections to bring their ads to 
public radio and next year we will think about taking away their 
mandate entirely.

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