Ronald Reagan actually said...

The Task Force will recommend to the President ways in which private support might offset the cuts in the budgets of the National Endowments...

I believe firmly that the Federal Government must reduce its spending, I am nevertheless sympathetic to the very real needs of our cultural ...

Nancy and I convey our deepest sympathy to his family and to the members of the Teamsters union.

I am naming this Task Force because of my deep concern for the arts and humanities in America.