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Michael Bennet: “The public broadcasting funds are very important for…”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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It's now in the hands of the House, but you and your Democratic colleagues all voted no. What are your main concerns with this rescission package? Well, my main concerns are that The public broadcasting funds are very important for especially rural radio and rural broadcasting all across Colorado and all across the West. I used the example on the floor of the fishermen in Sitka, Alaska, who rely on the radio station there. But that's true in western Colorado as well and throughout the country. (02:53–03:05)

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Asserts the importance of public broadcasting funds for rural areas in Colorado and the West.

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