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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2020
U.S. SENATE,
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,
Washington, DC.
[CLERK'S NOTE.-The subcommittee was unable to hold hearings
on departmental and nondepartmental witnesses. The statements
and letters of those submitting written testimony are as follows:]
DEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES
PREPARED STATEMENT OF THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
Chairman Blunt, Ranking Member Murray and distinguished members of the
subcommittee, thank you for allowing me to submit this testimony on behalf of
America's public media service-public television and public radio-on-air, online and
serving communities throughout our country. The Corporation for Public Broad-
casting (CPB) requests funding of $495 million for fiscal year 2022, $20 million in
fiscal year 2020 for the replacement of the public broadcasting interconnection sys-
tem and other technologies and services, and $30 million for the Department of
Education's Ready To Learn program.
Through this uniquely American public-private partnership, CPB serves as the
steward of the Federal appropriation, ensuring that 95 cents of every dollar we re-
ceive goes to support local stations and the programs and services they offer to their
communities. No more than five cents of every dollar goes to overhead. Public media
stations in rural, small town and urban communities across the country use these
first-in Federal dollars to raise, on average, six times that amount from private
funding. This indispensable investment provides for the content and community
services that address the diverse needs of our viewers and listeners, serving Ameri-
cans at every stage of their lives.
Parents choose public media content and services to prepare their children for
school. They trust public media as a family-friendly, safe environment for learning.
This is just one reason why PBS Kids is the number-one educational media brand
for supporting children's learning and development. Through the Department of
Education's Ready to Learn grant, CPB is helping deliver free, research-based edu-
cational content, digital resources for parents and teachers, and safe, online learning
experiences for kids. What makes this grant program unique is public television sta-
tions' community-based partnerships with Head Start centers, daycare facilities,
healthcare centers, faith-based organizations and others to expand the impact of
public media's content and resources beyond the broadcast, especially in low-income
and underserved communities.
Today's workers are challenged by a rapidly changing economy, requiring dif-
ferent skills for in-demand jobs. Public media is addressing the workforce skills gap
through CPB's American Graduate: Getting To Work initiative. Public media sta-
tions are working with local businesses, education and workforce-related organiza-
tions, connecting potential job seekers with the resources and information they need
to pursue jobs and successful careers. CPB funding also makes it possible for public
television to operate the largest not-for-profit GED program in the country and for
many stations to provide job training and certification courses.
At a time when people are feeling isolated from one another, from our shared cul-
ture and from the institutions and organizations that seek to support us, public
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