Congressman Garcia mocks House hearing on funding public broadcasters with inquiry of Sesame Street characters
California Congressman Robert Garcia continues satirical questioning of PBS CEO Paula Kerger by asking whether pro-cookie voters were being silenced through Cookie Monster and whether Big Bird should be fired like USDA workers dealing with bird flu, using humor to criticize what he perceived as absurd reasons for the hearing about defunding public television.





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