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Sheila Jackson Lee: “Today I rise to support Representative Slaughter's amendment which will add money to the National Endowment for the Arts…”

On the recordJuly 15, 1999
Today I rise to support Representative Slaughter's amendment which will add money to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas
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congress.gov
Jul 15, 1999

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Support for funding amendments for the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities.

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