Mr. Rogers on the Senate Floor: A Classic, but Timely, Video
Submitted by GIA News on February 24, 2011
(2-24-2011) In a spending plan released earlier this month, the House Appropriations Committee proposes to eliminate funding to several national arts, humanities, and social service programs, including the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Facing a similarly dire funding situation in 1969, Fred Rogers addressed the (increasingly enraptured) Senate.
Watch him here.