Watch: PBS and NPR heads testify in U.S. House hearing

Brandon Block • Mar 26, 2025

Mar 26, 2025

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                <h1>Watch: PBS and NPR heads testify in U.S. House hearing </h1>
                <h2><p>PBS CEO and President Paula Kerger and NPR CEO and President Katherine Maher are scheduled to testify to at a hearing of the U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency on Wednesday at 7 a.m. PT.

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            <p>PBS CEO and President Paula Kerger and NPR CEO and President Katherine Maher are scheduled to testify to at a hearing of the U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency on Wednesday at 7 a.m. PT.</p><p>The testimony comes amid criticism from Republicans in Congress about news coverage from the outlets, and calls for federal funding cuts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.</p><p>You can watch this live stream of the testimony from the PBS NewsHour YouTube page:</p><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yq3kGUFIrxM?si=q0ZYHTHjkZt4LBBo" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></figure><p>PBS NewsHour will also have <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-pbs-and-npr-leaders-testify-on-federal-support-for-public-broadcasting-in-house-hearing?ref=avalancheghost.one">further coverage of the hearing</a> on its website.</p>
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PBS CEO and President Paula Kerger and NPR CEO and President Katherine Maher are scheduled to testify to at a hearing of the U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency on Wednesday at 7 a.m. PT.

The testimony comes amid criticism from Republicans in Congress about news coverage from the outlets, and calls for federal funding cuts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

You can watch this live stream of the testimony from the PBS NewsHour YouTube page:

PBS NewsHour will also have further coverage of the hearing on its website.

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By Brandon Block

Brandon Block is an investigative reporter at Cascade PBS, focused on following the federal recovery money flowing into Washington state. He previously covered housing and homelessness for The Olympia