House Republicans wasted no time turning a viral congressional hearing into legislative action Thursday, as Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) introduced a bill to fully defund NPR and PBS, calling the publicly funded outlets “taxpayer-funded propaganda machines for the radical left.”
The move follows a bruising House Subcommittee on Government Efficiency hearing Wednesday, where NPR CEO Katherine Maher faced blistering criticism from GOP lawmakers who accused the organization of operating with deep-seated liberal bias while being bankrolled by the American public.
Jackson’s bill — titled the “No Partisan Radio and Partisan Broadcasting Services Act” or simply the “NPR and PBS Act” — seeks to eliminate all direct and indirect federal funding for both NPR and PBS. “Hardworking Americans are sick of footing the bill,” Jackson told Fox News Digital. “It’s time to cut them off and stop forcing taxpayers to pay for their liberal lies!”
“Though NPR and PBS were originally founded to produce non-biased, informational and educational content, the outlets have since turned into taxpayer-funded propaganda machines for the radical left,” he added.
The bill comes after Maher struggled to answer questions during a viral six-minute exchange with Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) on Thursday, who grilled her on NPR’s