Sen. Klobuchar defends public media on Senate floor: 'We have never seen this as a partisan issue'
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Minnesota U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar took the Senate floor Wednesday to speak against President Donald Trump's $9.4 billion clawback of funding from foreign aid and public media.
The bill passed in the House last month and is headed to the Senate for a vote before a July 18 deadline.
Speaking with MPR News guest host Clay Masters on All Things Considered, Klobuchar emphasized public media as a lifeline in rural communities.
“Public TV stations in Duluth, Granite Falls, Austin; public radio stations in Grand Rapids, Bemidji, in Brainerd, stations where it’s the only way they’re going to find out if there’s a fire in their region or that they can’t drive over a certain road because there’s flooding,” Klobuchar said.
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