Political Quotes

“this amendment adds a new title at the end of S. 21. The amendment incorporates the text of a bill which has been reported out of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee overwhelmingly and awaits passage here. I know of no objection to its consideration on the floor of the Senate. What the amendment does is create the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, the cost of which would be $1 million a year or less. Mr. President, jazz is a uniquely American art form and New Orleans likes to think of itself as the cradle of jazz. What this bill would do would be to propagate jazz in the country by having an archive for jazz, education for jazz, particularly in the Dixieland jazz epitomized by Louis Armstrong, who is perhaps the best known New Orleanian who engaged in jazz, as well as the performance of jazz. We do not have in mind the acquisition of private property. Rather, it will be through cooperative agreements and using in some respects leased land, in other respects using existing buildings. Mr. President, this park has now been studied by the National Park Service, and this amendment incorporates the results and recommendations of the study. This amendment will, in fact, preserve and propagate jazz as practiced in the city of New Orleans.…”