A Senator on the other side of the aisle offered an amendment to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts with the argument that there were art displays or exhibits that were being funded with Federal dollars that were embarrassing. This Senator went on to argue that it really made no sense for us to subsidize the arts in America because they were out of the reach of the common man and we should allow the patrons of the arts. those private benefactors. to take care and not our Government. I came to the floor to argue against that position. telling the story of how my immigrant mother used to take me in the car across the bridge to the art museum in St. Louis. this woman with an eighth grade education. to show me works of art and talk about artists she knew very little about but wanted to learn more about. As I was telling my story.
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