I thank everybody, but I certainly want to thank Mike Stevens and Pete Modaff for their work on the decade-long fight to restore funding for the NEA. I encourage my colleagues to support the progress we've made in restoring funding to the NEA.
Discussing efforts to restore funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.
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I strongly urge him to do that. If legislation is necessary, we are prepared to act.
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