In the wake of the firing of Juan Williams, Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement on the taxpayer funding of NPR.

“Whether or not one agrees with Juan Williams’ point of view, he has every right to express it,” said Congressman Price. “Considering Washington now runs annual deficits of $1.3 trillion or more, funding a radio network whose executives care more about political correctness than honest and open discussion sounds like a poor use of taxpayer money. I expect this will be one of many areas in which the next Congress looks to decrease spending.”

NOTE: As part of the RSC’s Sunset Caucus initiative, Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) introduced legislation last June to end the taxpayer subsidies to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting – some of whose public funding is funneled to NPR.