Rep. Stansbury: Free Press Is Vital to Democracy
May 09, 2025
May 09, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following floor remarks on May 8, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Madam Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech):
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Madam Speaker, in Donald Trump's America, not even Elmo is safe because over the last 100 days, we have seen an unprecedented attack on the media, and especially our public media.
Let me say this: The freedom of the pr . . .
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Madam Speaker, in Donald Trump's America, not even Elmo is safe because over the last 100 days, we have seen an unprecedented attack on the media, and especially our public media.
Let me say this: The freedom of the pr . . .