Larson Blasts Illegal Trump Order to Defund PBS and NPR

East Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) condemned President Trump's illegal orderdirecting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a private entity, to defund PBS and NPR.

"More than 50 million Americans watch or listen to public broadcasts every week, tuning in for news, emergency alerts, and educational programming," said Larson. "President Trump has not submitted his plan to defund PBS and NPR for a vote because he knows it does not have support in Congress or with the American people. He is now escalating his attacks with a blatantly illegal order to retaliate against these institutions that do not tow his partisan line. I stand with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as they tune out his unlawful temper tantrum and withstand these attacks on their operations. Without federal funding, many local stations could be shuttered, leaving millions of Americans with little to no quality, local journalism. We must not let that happen."