[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 26 (Thursday, February 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H1530]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 ANNUAL REPORT OF NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES--MESSAGE FROM 
                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities:

To the Congress of the United States:
  I am pleased to present to you the Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the 
National Endowment for the Humanities [NEH], the Federal agency charged 
with fostering scholarship and imparting knowledge in the humanities. 
Its work supports an impressive range of humanities projects.
  These projects can reach an audience as general as the 28 million who 
watched the documentary Baseball, or as specialized as the 50 scholars 
who this past fall examined current research on Dante. Small local 
historical societies have received NEH support, as have some of the 
Nation's largest cultural institutions. Students from kindergarten 
through graduate school, professors and teachers, and the general 
public in all parts of the Nation have been touched by the Endowment's 
activities.
  As we approach the 21st century, the world is growing smaller and its 
problems seemingly bigger. Societies are becoming more complex and 
fractious. The knowledge and wisdom, the insight and perspective, 
imparted by history, philosophy, literature, and other humanities 
disciplines enable us to meet the challenges of contemporary life.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, February 9, 1995.

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