Honorable Steve Southerland
United States Representative, Florida, Republican
Representative Southerland, of the Second District of Florida, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010. He is the President of Southerland Family Funeral Homes. He serves on the Agriculture Committee, the Natural Resources Committee, and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The following is from the March 17, 2011, House floor debate on H.R. 1076, to prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio (NPR) and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content. We talk about Big Bird, and that sounds wonderful. We have four small children, and they love Big Bird. But I will tell…