[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2014]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CONDEMNING ATTACKS ON KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORY

  (Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to condemn President 
Trump's attack on knowledge and on history.
  Last week, he fired our beloved Librarian of Congress. He fired the 
head of the U.S. Copyright Office for perhaps writing a report that his 
tech billionaire backers didn't agree with. He has cut funding for the 
National Endowment for the Arts and for the National Endowment for the 
Humanities. This is cutting funding for important programs that tell 
our history, that tell our culture across the United States.
  In New Mexico, we are proud of our diverse, and often conflicting and 
difficult, but always fascinating history and culture. I ask President 
Trump why is he afraid of the complexities and the brilliance of our 
history?

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