[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 22]
[House]
[Page 30352]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUBLIC BROADCASTING ACT OF 1967

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I join my colleague from Missouri in 
saluting the 40th anniversary of Public Broadcasting.
  On the floor of the House we're surrounded by controversy on so many 
issues, but the unique achievement that is our system of public 
broadcasting really does bring us together.
  In those 40 years we've evolved a powerful system with NPR and PBS, 
through the hundreds of stations around the country, 100 million 
viewers of public television a week. Many cities around the country 
especially my own Hometown, Portland, the number one radio station is 
its public radio station.
  We have evolved a national voice that deals with issues of education, 
of music and public affairs. We've been able to prove empirically that 
the people who get their news from NPR actually have an identifiable, 
measurable, more accurate view of what's happening in the world.
  Since public broadcasting was established in 1967, the Federal 
Government has spent trillions of dollars, but there is no investment 
during those last 40 years that has paid greater dividends for the 
American people.

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