Cantwell Statement on Shuttering of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Thursday, October 2, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement on the shutdown of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), as a result of the rescission of its Fiscal Year 2026 and 2027 funding passed on a partisan basis in July 2025.
“For the first time in nearly 60 years, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has permanently shuttered its doors,” said Sen. Cantwell.
“With Trump's attack on the free press and local news disappearing, this silencing of trusted public media comes at the very time Americans need it most.
"We should be strengthening public broadcasting and local voices, not shutting stations and cutting off rural communities from their only source of emergency alerts and local news. This is a crisis for all communities who have relied on public broadcasting for accurate information, cherished children's programming, and trusted local news.”
The Democrats' Continuing Resolution would restore Fiscal Year 2026 funding for CPB.
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7 comments:
Words. Just words. We need a general strike to shut this administration down. Otherwise, it’s just words.
Law makers need to realize it is the 21st century where people have access to more than 3 or 4 channels. Never in our history have we had so much access to news. Public broadcasting is a relic of the past.
PBS can put on extra fundraising drives to make up the slack. Car washes are a great way to raise cash as are bake sales and raffles.
It’s time for a new generation to enter the Senate from Washington State Senators Cantwell and Murray have been in office too long.
So can billionaires
This is not even remotely true. Access to actual news is not granted. Often times it is subject to subscriptions or pay walls. And social media is not an adequate substitute for actual news. Losing the center for public broadcasting is an enormous problem to many households.
Not everyone has the technology or the resources to access information. Think.
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