Congressional testimony of Richard J. Franke, David McCullough, Ken Burns, Clay Jenkinson, and Amo Houghton.

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies holds a hearing annually to determine appropriations for the coming fiscal year. This year's hearing was particularly significant because federal funding for the arts and humanities has recently come under attack. At issue in the session held Thursday, February 16, 1995, was continued federal funding for three agencies: the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the Institute for Museum Services (IMS).

Five individuals were invited by Congressman Sidney Yates, Illinois' representative from the 9th Congressional District, to testify before the subcommittee members. Four of the speakers were from the private sector: Richard J. Franke, Chairman and CEO of the John nuveen Company and a leading supporter of the arts and humanities; David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Truman; Ken Burns, creator of the landmark public television series Baseball and The Civil War, and Clay Jenkinson, a historical characterizer who specializes in bringing to life the thinking and writings of Thomas Jefferson. New York representative Amo Houghton, the fifth speaker, is a long-time congressional supporter of the NEH, NEA and IMS.

Those five individuals spoke to a packed hearing room. But the issues they discussed were relevant not only to the fourteen members of the subcommittee, but also to the public at large. It is to share their ideas and experiences concerning the arts and humanities, with that broader and ultimately most directly affected audience, that the following testimonies are reproduced. (Foreword)

CONTENTS
Foreword.
Richard J. Franke.
About the speaker.
Testimony.
David McCullough.
About the speaker.
Testimony.
Ken Burns.
About the speaker.
Testimony.
Clay Jenkinson.
About the speaker.
Testimony.
Representative Amo Houghton.
About the speaker.
Testimony.

Congressional testimony of Richard J. Franke, David McCullough, Ken Burns, Clay Jenkinson, and Amo Houghton. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies holds a hearing annually to determine appropriations for the coming fiscal year. This year's hearing was particularly significant because federal funding for the arts and humanities has recently come under attack. At issue in the session held Thursday, February 16, 1995, was continued federal funding for three agencies: the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the Institute for Museum Services (IMS).