John Culberson: “As the gentleman knows, the legislation under consideration by the House today would devote a portion of the surcharge…”

“As the gentleman knows, the legislation under consideration by the House today would devote a portion of the surcharge income produced by the sale of these coins to provide not only funds for the NASA Family Assistance Fund, but also the initial funding for a stand-alone museum of money in Washington, DC, as a part of the Smithsonian Institution. And as the gentleman also knows, the National Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian is not currently on display, except for a few coins or currency in various exhibits related to the coins or currency or to the images displayed on them. Would the gentleman agree with me that the numismatic collection, one of the largest and best of its sort in the world, should be displayed in its own building here in Washington, in such a way that helps people understand not only the history of commerce and coins and currency in the United States but also the history of this country's development?”