Washington Post Live anchor and co-author of The Early 202 Leigh Ann Caldwell speaks with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) about their bipartisan push for the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act and the role of the free press in a democracy.

Conversation recorded on Thursday, September 28, 2023.

First Look with The Post’s Marianna Sotomayor, Jennifer Rubin and Jason Willick

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