WASHINGTON – January 20, 2021 – America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) president and CEO Patrick Butler issued the following statement today on the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris:
“America’s Public Television Stations welcome the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris, and we look forward to working with them, the new Administration and the new Congress in a bipartisan partnership of public service.
“Public television stations have risen to the challenge of reimagining education in all 50 States, keeping our communities safe, providing trusted information to our viewers about issues of public concern, and offering a powerful forum in hundreds of American hometowns for healing our divisions and solving our most urgent problems.
“This is work that all of our fellow Americans can support, and we hope to build on this foundation of service in the critical years just ahead with increased resources from both federal and State governments and in ever-expanding alliances with those who share our commitment to education, public safety and civic leadership.
“As President Biden said, “Unity is the path forward,” and America’s public television stations look forward to playing our part.”
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America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) is a nonprofit membership organization ensuring a strong and financially sound public television system and helping member stations provide essential public services in education, public safety and civic leadership to the American people. For more information, visit www.apts.org.
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Stacey Karp
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