On the recordJune 15, 2000
Mr. Chairman, my amendment takes a very small step in reducing questionable spending and shifts it to a much more needed important area. I believe our money would be better spent protecting Americans than being used to promote art that is many times antireligious and, recently last month, anti-Catholic. We hear repeatedly that the NEA has changed. It simply has not. The New York Times reported that 70 percent of its grants go to the same recipients every year, while fires are ravaging our country. The people who believe in giving it to just six major cities are subsidizing them, and I think it is an amendment between public safety and environment. Mr. Chairman, I urge support of the Stearns amendment.
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