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U.S. Senators Pen Dear Colleague Letter in Support of the Arts

Posted on: Apr 13, 2018

Following on the heels of the House's "Dear Colleague" letter, which was spearheaded by the late Representative Louise Slaughter and received 166 signatures by House Democrates and Republicans alike in support of the arts, the Senate has also shown overwhemling formal support for the arts. On April 10, 2018, 41 U.S. Senators presented their own "Dear Colleague" letter to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the Chairman of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee. Their letter requests funding equal or greater to $155 million for the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities in FY 2019, noting that "the NEA and NEH play a vital role in every state."

Read the full letter by clicking on the image to the right, and find information about the House "Dear Colleague" letter here.

Below is a list of the Senators (in state alpha order), who signed the letter.

Member

State

Feinstein, Dianne

CA

Harris, Kamala D.

CA

Bennet, Michael F.

CO

Blumenthal, Richard

CT

Murphy, Christopher S.

CT

Carper, Thomas R.

DE

Coons, Christopher A.

DE

Nelson, Bill

FL

Hirono, Mazie K.

HI

Schatz, Brian

HI

Duckworth, Tammy

IL

Durbin, Richard J.

IL

Markey, Edward J

MA

Warren, Elizabeth

MA

Van Hollen, Chris

MD

Cardin, Benjamin L.

MD

King, Angus S., Jr

ME

Peters, Gary C.

MI

Stabenow, Debbie

MI

Smith, Tina

MN

Klobuchar, Amy

MN

Tester, John

MT

Shahenn, Jeanne

NH

Hassan, Margaret Wood

NH

Menendez, Robert

NJ

Booker, Cory A.

NJ

Udall, Tom

NM

Heinrich, Martin

NM

Cortez Masto, Catherine

NV

Gillibrand, Kirsten

NY

Brown, Sherrod

OH

Merkley, Jeffrey A.

OR

Casey, Robert P., Jr.

PA

Whitehouse, Sheldon

RI

Reed, Jack

RI

Kaine, Tim

VA

Warner, Mark R.

VA

Sanders, Bernard

VT

Cantwell, Maria

WA

Baldwin, Tammy

WI

Manchin, Joe, III

WV

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