[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
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                NEA CONTINUES WITH CONTROVERSIAL GRANTS

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Madam Speaker, the new chairwoman of the National 
Endowment for the Arts, Jane Alexander, has awarded $78 million in new 
contracts from the NEA, but, my colleagues, I am concerned about two of 
the grants that were issued. NEA has granted tax dollars to two artists 
whose past projects have degraded Christianity and promoted illicit 
homosexual behavior.
  Madam Speaker, I could go into detail of these past works of Holy 
Hughes and Tim Miller but suffice it to say that they used explicit 
sexual themes which were obscene.
  These two performance artists even sued the NEA for rejecting their 
applications in the past but they are still receiving thousands of 
taxpayer dollars for their work.
  Madam Speaker, the folks in Washington and New York may laugh and 
belittle those of us who oppose funding this type of art but the people 
beyond the Beltway know better and they will make their voices heard as 
they find out what kind of art our Government continues to fund.

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