https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7ljRr0AA
"On May 1, 1969, Fred Rogers, host of the (then) recently nationally
syndicated children's television series, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
(named Misterogers' Neighborhood at the time), testified before the
Senate Committee on Commerce Subcommittee on Communications to defend
$20 million in federal funding proposed for the newly formed non-profit
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which was at risk of being reduced
to $10 million. Subcommittee chairman, Senator John Pastore (D-RI),
unfamiliar with Fred Rogers, is initially abrasive toward him. Over the
course of Rogers' 6 minutes of testimony, Pastore's demeanor gradually
transitions to one of awe and admiration as Rogers speaks."
Still a wonderful speech. Via Wolfie Rankin and Muse, who added:
"What Fred Rogers has to say here is deeply important. He speaks of a
sort of maturity that we haven't been teaching our children and that
grown-ups haven't been exercising. We need to rediscover what he was
offering the world."
Share and enjoy,
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