House Lawmakers Circulating Letter to Press Appropriators on CPB Funding
Reps. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and Dave Reichert, R-Wash., are circulating a letter among colleagues pressing for support of the FY 2018 funding for the CPB, Ready to Learn program and the public TV interconnection system. The closing date for the…
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letter to House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee leaders is March 31 and its expected send date on the current draft is April 6. That subcommittee plans a hearing on the CPB budget Wednesday (see 1703080031). The appropriators should “strongly support” the funding for the CPB in FY 2018, the draft letter said. The draft devotes sections to the value leveraged in public broadcasting. The draft refers to the importance of the Warning, Alert and Response Network and the Wireless Emergency Alert message system. The subcommittee leaders have provided “steadfast support” for local broadcasting, and Congress has backed public broadcasting for years, it said. A House aide told us the lawmakers had 132 co-signers to a similar letter last year and expect similar support this year. Some anxiety has grown that the Trump administration may oppose funding CPB (see 1702240070). The White House is expected to release a broad FY 2018 budget proposal later this week.