Mike Johnson: “They want to prop up NPR and PBS. They want $500 million.”

“They want to give, they want to take hard earned taxpayer dollars and they want to give new benefits to illegal aliens. We eliminated that in our big beautiful bill. They want to bring it back. They want to prop up NPR and PBS. They want $500 million. That's their demand in their counteroffer to prop up the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Again, we're not doing that. Left leaning media outlets don't need to be funded by taxpayers.” (01:41–01:46)

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.