NPR CEO Katherine Maher found herself in the hot seat during a heated congressional subcommittee hearing when she faced questions about 2020 posts to Twitter, now X, in which she called for white people to “pay reparations.”

NPR and PBS executives faced tough questions on Wednesday as Republicans renewed efforts to defund U.S. public media. The hearing, titled “Anti-American Airwaves: Holding the Heads of NPR and PBS Accountable,” was led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who chairs a group focused on government efficiency within the House Oversight Committee.