On the recordJanuary 27, 1994
I have reiterated my conviction about how important it is to have private contributions. In October 1991, the Senate passed the following language. That was 2 rac{1}{2} years ago: The National Endowment for Democracy should make every effort to solicit private contributions to realize the purposes the endowment has set forth in section 502(B) of the National Endowment for Democracy Act. So the concept of having contributions is not alien or foreign. It not only was mentioned when NED was first established, but it has literally been introduced into law, 2 rac{1}{2} years ago. In looking at the USIA inspector general report, the IG had comments on the subject of contributions: Most of the private contributions raised by the core groups were not related to NED-funded projects and activities. In other words, many of them raised money but did not apply them to NED activity.
