[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S3485]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 
                1995--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 138

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources.

To the Congress of the United States:
  I am pleased to present to you the 1995 Annual Report of the National 
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). For 30 years, this Federal agency 
has given Americans great opportunities to explore and share with each 
other our country's vibrant and diverse cultural heritage. Its work 
supports an impressive array of humanities projects.
  These projects have mined every corner of our tradition, unearthing 
all the distinct and different voices, emotions, and ideas that 
together make up what is a uniquely American culture. In 1995, they 
ranged from an award-winning television documentary on President 
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the radio production Wade in the Water, to 
preservation projects that will rescue 750,000 important books from 
obscurity and archive small community newspapers from every State in 
the Union. Pandora's Box, a traveling museum exhibit of women and myth 
in classical Greece, drew thousands of people.
  The humanities have long helped Americans bridge differences, learn 
to appreciate one another, shore up the foundations of our democracy, 
and build strong and vital institutions across our country. At a time 
when our society faces new and profound challenges, when so many 
Americans feel insecure in the face of change, the presence and 
accessibility of the humanities in all our lives can be a powerful 
source of our renewal and our unity as we move forward into the 21st 
century.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, April 17, 1996.

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