Jack Kingston: “I would say that this is one of the problems, and I would urge the NEA in their own distribution to go out to the rest…”

“I would say that this is one of the problems, and I would urge the NEA in their own distribution to go out to the rest of the country and make their presence known. I can say this, we do not get any letters. Yes, let us do something for the NEA back home, because they are invisible. We get lots of art, locally State-funded stuff, privately funded. We have a great symphony. We have a great art museum, a huge fund-raiser and lots of good things going on. But one of the big vision differences here, Mr. Chairman, is that there are those who believe that government has to be the only funder and the only provider of things. Then there are others who think that funding as much as possible whenever possible should be driven by the private sector and locally. I am going to support NEA funding, and I will support the committee mark, as I did at the subcommittee and the full committee level; but I will not support an increase.”