TODAY IS ARTS ADVOCACY DAY: The National Arts Action Summit
More than 550 state and community leaders from across the country are in our nation’s Capitol today discussing how the arts address important issues our communities face, from the economy and quality of life to workforce development and education for youth. EDUCATION ECONOMY Students who benefit JOBS The arts collectively from arts education The arts and culture contribute $698 billion have higher GPAs sector supports to the U.S. economy. and standardized 4.7 million workers. test scores and lower drop-out rates.
AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS IS THE LEADING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CONNECTING, EDUCATING, AND ACTIVATING OUR NATION’S ARTS & CULTURE SECTOR – FROM BOARD ROOMS TO CLASSROOMS AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN.
Americans for the Arts thanks 200+ members of the Congressional Arts Caucus, the Senate Cultural Caucus and the Congressional STEAM Caucus for their support of the arts and arts education in America
Rep. Alma S. Adams Rep. William Lacy Clay Rep. Keith M. Ellison Rep. Brian Higgins Rep. John Lewis Rep. Jerrold Nadler Rep. Phil Roe Rep. Lamar S. Smith Rep. Brad Ashford Rep. James E. Clyburn Rep. Eliot L. Engel Rep. French Hill Rep. Daniel Lipinski Rep. Grace F. Napolitano Rep. Tom Rooney Rep. Jackie Speier Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Sen. Thad Cochran Sen. Michael B. Enzi Rep. Jim Himes Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo Rep. Richard E. Neal Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Sen. Debbie Stabenow Rep. Earl Blumenauer Rep. Michael Coffman Rep. Anna G. Eshoo Sen. John Hoeven Rep. David Loebsack Rep. Richard Nolan Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard Rep. Steve Stivers Sen. Richard Blumenthal Rep. Stephen I. Cohen Rep. Elizabeth Esty Rep. Michael M. Honda Rep. Zoe Lofgren Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton Rep. Timothy J. Ryan Rep. Mark Takano Rep. Suzanne Bonamici Sen. Susan M. Collins Rep. Blake R. Farenthold Rep. Jared Huffman Rep. Billy Long Rep. Pete Olson Rep. Gregorio Sablan Rep. Glenn Thompson Rep. Madeleine Z. Bordallo Rep. Barbara J. Comstock Rep. Sam Farr Rep. Duncan D. Hunter Rep. Nita M. Lowey Rep. Beto O’Rourke Rep. Linda T. Sanchez Rep. Mike Thompson Sen. Barbara Boxer Rep. Gerald E. Connolly Sen. Dianne Feinstein Sen. Johnny Isakson Rep. Ben Ray Lujan Rep. Frank Pallone Rep. Loretta Sanchez Rep. Patrick J. Tiberi Rep. Robert A. Brady Rep. John Conyers Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Rep. Cynthia M. Lummis Rep. Bill Pascrell Rep. John P. Sarbanes Rep. Dina Titus Rep. Susan Brooks Rep. James Cooper Rep. John Fleming Rep. Lynn Jenkins Rep. Stephen F. Lynch Rep. Erik Paulsen Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky Rep. Paul Tonko Rep. Corrine Brown Rep. Joseph Courtney Rep. Lois Frankel Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney Rep. Donald Payne Rep. Adam B. Schiff Rep. Niki Tsongas Sen. Sherrod Brown Rep. Elijah E. Cummings Sen. Al Franken Rep. Henry C. Johnson Sen. Joe Manchin Rep. Scott Peters Rep. Aaron Schock Sen. Tom Udall Rep. Julia Brownley Rep. Danny K. Davis Rep. Marcia L. Fudge Rep. Marcy Kaptur Rep. Doris Okada Matsui Rep. Collin C. Peterson Rep. Kurt Schrader Rep. Christopher Van Hollen Rep. Vern Buchanan Rep. Rodney Davis Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Rep. Bill Keating Rep. Tom McClintock Rep. Pedro Pierluisi Sen. Charles E. Schumer Rep. Marc Veasey Rep. Cheri Bustos Rep. Susan A. Davis Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand Rep. Derek C. Kilmer Rep. Betty McCollum Rep. Chellie Pingree Rep. David A. Scott Rep. Peter J. Visclosky Sen. Maria Cantwell Rep. Peter A. DeFazio Rep. Kay Granger Rep. Ron Kind Rep. Jim McDermott Rep. Joseph R. Pitts Rep. Robert C. Scott Rep. Timothy J. Walz Rep. Lois Capps Rep. Diana DeGette Rep. Al Green Sen. Angus King Rep. James P. McGovern Rep. Mark Pocan Rep. Jose E. Serrano Rep. Debbie Wasserman Rep. Michael E. Capuano Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro Rep. Gene Green Sen. Amy Klobuchar Rep. David McKinley Rep. Jared Polis Rep. Terri Sewell Schultz Rep. Tony Cardenas Rep. Suzan DelBene Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Rep. Ann Kuster Sen. Robert Menendez Rep. Bill Posey Rep. Brad Sherman Rep. Peter F. Welch Rep. Andre Carson Rep. Charles W. Dent Rep. Steven Brett Guthrie Rep. Leonard Lance Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski Rep. David E. Price Rep. Michael K. Simpson Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Rep. Matthew Cartwright Rep. Theodore Deutch Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez Rep. James R. Langevin Sen. Lisa A. Murkowski Rep. Michael Quigley Rep. Kyrsten Sinema Sen. Roger F. Wicker Rep. Katherine Castor Rep. Lloyd Doggett Rep. Gregg Harper Rep. Rick Larsen Sen. Christopher S. Murphy Rep. Charles B. Rangel Rep. Albio Sires Rep. Joe Wilson Rep. Jason Chaffetz Rep. Michael F. Doyle Rep. Alcee L. Hastings Rep. John B. Larson Rep. Patrick Murphy Sen. Jack Reed Rep. Louise McIntosh Rep. Frederica S. Wilson Rep. David Cicilline Sen. Richard J. Durbin Sen. Orrin G. Hatch Rep. Barbara Lee Rep. Timothy F. Murphy Rep. David G. Reichert Slaughter Rep. John A. Yarmuth Rep. Yvette Diane Clarke Rep. Donna Edwards Rep. Denny Heck Rep. Sander M. Levin Sen. Patty Murray Rep. Reid Ribble Rep. Adam Smith Rep. Ted Yoho
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