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Amory Houghton: “Ladies and gentlemen, I do not know why we are whipping this horse again. The House voted a few days ago to phase out…”

On the recordJuly 17, 1995
Ladies and gentlemen, I do not know why we are whipping this horse again. The House voted a few days ago to phase out the NEA in 2 years, period, paragraph, end of story. I do not agree with it. I do not think it was a good idea. But that was the vote. Now we are going at this thing again. It is absolutely crazy. Is an agreement an agreement? I do not know around here anymore. I would like to feel that vote last week was an agreement. We ought to hold to it. I do not think the Stearns amendment is worthwhile approving.
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Amory Houghton
Republican · New York

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Addressing the House's recent vote to phase out the National Endowment for the Arts.

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