Louise Slaughter: “We will do incalculable harm if we did not keep that going, and we are better people than that.”

We are talking about billions of dollars that we could save in our health care system.

These are victims in the strongest sense of the word, the children who have been preyed upon by those who would take advantage of the situation.

As our Nation continues to shift from an industrial manufacturing economy to one based on ideas and information, cities and States increasingly recognize that arts and culture are important economic assets.

I strongly urge him to do that. If legislation is necessary, we are prepared to act.