JOINT HEARING ON THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

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JOINT HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT
AND INVESTIGATIONS

AND THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EARLY
CHILDHOOD, YOUTH AND FAMILIES

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
AND THE WORKFORCE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 13, 1997

Serial No. 105-43

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and the Workforce

JOINT HEARING ON THE NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

JOINT HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT
AND INVESTIGATIONS

AND THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EARLY
CHILDHOOD, YOUTH AND FAMILIES

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
AND THE WORKFORCE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

HEARING HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 13, 1997

Serial No. 105-43

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and the Workforce

43-500

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1997

For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office

Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402
ISBN 0-16-055571-X

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE

WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania, Chairman

Table of Contents

Table of Contents..

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STATEMENT OF THE HON. DICK ARMEY, A CONGRESSMAN FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS..

1

STATEMENT OF THE HON. PETE HOEKSTRA, A CONGRESSMAN FROM THE STATE OF

MICHIGAN

.14

STATEMENT OF THE HON. MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, A CONGRESSMAN FROM THE STATE

OF CALIFORNIA.

15

STATEMENT OF THE HON. FRANK RIGGS, A CONGRESSMAN FROM THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA.

.17

STATEMENT OF THE HON. WILLIAM L. CLAY, A CONGRESSMAN FROM THE STATE

OF MISSOURI.

18

STATEMENT OF THE HON. CLIFF STEARNS, A CONGRESSMAN FROM THE STATE

OF FLORIDA.

19

STATEMENT OF THE HON. LOUISE SLAUGHTER, A CONGRESSWOMAN FROM THE

STATE OF NEW YORK...

21

STATEMENT OF THE HON. JOHN DOOLITTLE, A CONGRESSMAN FROM THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA

.24

STATEMENT OF THE HON. JERROLD NADLER, A CONGRESSMAN FROM THE STATE

OF NEW YORK.

.26

STATEMENT OF THE HON. RON LEWIS, A CONGRESSMAN FROM THE STATE

OF KENTUCKY

.28

STATEMENT OF THE HON. AMO HOUGHTON, A CONGRESSMAN FROM THE STATE

OF NEW YORK.

.30

STATEMENT OF MS. JANE ALEXANDER, CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR

THE ARTS, WASHINGTON, D.C..

.33

STATEMENT OF MR. PATRICK A. TRUEMAN, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS,

AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.

.58

STATEMENT OF MR. ALEC BALDWIN, PRESIDENT, CREATIVE COALITION, ACTOR,

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK...

.60

STATEMENT OF PROFESSOR BEN STEIN, ACTOR, WRITER, AND PROFESSOR OF

ECONOMICS, PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY.

62

STATEMENT OF MS. JUDITH ANN BUTLER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMERICANS UNITED

TO SAVE THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, WASHINGTON, D.C.

.63

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