APTS responds to report of proposed rescission to CPB funding
America’s Public Television Stations is urging Congress to reject any rescission of public media’s federal funding after reports of a White House plan to do so surfaced Monday.
The New York Post first reported on a Trump administration pitch for Congress to claw back $1.1 billion appropriated to CPB. The New York Times also reported that figure, saying it would total about two years of CPB funding and noting that the proposal excluded about $100 million for emergency communications.
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