Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told Newsmax she supports legislation passed in the House and Senate that cuts funding from public broadcasting companies NPR and PBS.

Both houses of congress approved President Donald Trump’s request to claw back $9 billion in funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday. The package cancels about $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

“For years, I’ve had legislation that would cut some of the spending for public broadcast,” Blackburn told “National Report.” “Ronald Reagan tried to defund NPR. That’s how long Republicans have worked on this. And we finally got it done under President Trump.”

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