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W. Todd Akin: “It has $500 million for the National Endowment for the Arts. I wonder if that's going to get the economy going. It has…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
It has $500 million for the National Endowment for the Arts. I wonder if that's going to get the economy going. It has got $54 billion for 19 programs that the OMB--that is the Office of Management and Budget-- said were completely ineffective programs. Yet we are going to put $54 billion into programs that, by our own definition, do not work. Particularly if you want to take a look at another one, there is $355 million for STD funding. That may put a totally different meaning on the word ``stimulus.''
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Discussing the implications of a recently passed bill during a floor speech.

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