21.   The international forum put concerns about the future of the arts endowment in context.

22.   The House has yet to reauthorize the arts endowment.

23.   These supporters of the arts endowment increasingly see culture in terms of what is consumed, not in terms of what is created.

24.   Two years ago, Republicans voted to kill both the arts endowment and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

25.   Rep. Amo Houghton, a Republican committee member, suggested creating a congressional oversight committee to monitor the arts endowment to prevent future problems.