WATCH: Paula Kerger, president and CEO of PBS, testifies on federal money for public broadcasting
March 26, 2025
5,974
125
2.09%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Amna Nawaz Episodes Around March 26, 2025
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
5:10Now PlayingWATCH: Paula Kerger, president and CEO of PBS, testifies on federal money for public broadcasting
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelPaula Kerger, president and CEO of PBS, testified before the House DOGE subcommittee on Wednesday, facing questions about federal support for public broadcasting.
"There's nothing more American than PBS as a membership organization. Our local service is at the heart of our work. Our job at PBS is to support our stations so that local stations can serve their communities. We've been proudly fulfilling our mission for nearly 60 years using the public airwaves and other technologies to help educate, engage and inspire the American people. That mission is our guide star and remains just as important today as when the public Broadcasting Act was signed into law in 1967."
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., the committee chair, has accused NPR and PBS of bias.
PBS, NPR and their respective local stations are funded in part by a $535 million appropriation provided by Congress through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in addition to substantial foundation, corporate and viewer donation support
Subscribe for exclusive content in our newsletters
PBS News podcasts
Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app
Find more from PBS News at
Subscribe to our YouTube channel
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.