Cliff Stearns: “A poll done by the Los Angeles Times in the early part of this year showed 69 percent of Americans felt the NEA should…”

“A poll done by the Los Angeles Times in the early part of this year showed 69 percent of Americans felt the NEA should be reduced drastically. A poll done by CNN in June said 54 percent said it should be eliminated. Let me just tell the gentleman from Montana [Mr. Williams], and I ask him the question rhetorically, he does not have to answer it, in this grant that went to Highways on July 24 they are going to show a performance of ``Boys Are Us, the next installment in our continuing series of hot summer nights with hot fags.'' Now, on August 14, there is going to be ``dyke night, our series of hot nights with hot dykes. Mr. Chairman, this has the seal of approval of the NEA. This is a rhetorical question. There is the seal of the NEA. There has got to be public stewardship here somewhere down the line. I say to the gentleman from Montana [Mr. Williams], in all deference to him, the American people do not believe we cannot eliminate this program.”