Washington, Aug. 25 -- Rep. John B. Larson issued the following press release:

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) blasted the Trump Administration's threat to demolish the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts if the President's cronies are not allowed to put Donald Trump's name back on the building. "No one is surprised that someone with an ego as big as Donald Trump's believes their name should be above John F. Kennedy's on our beloved former president's living memorial," said Larson. "I wish President Trump were more focused on ending the illegal war he launched in Iran than he is on destroying the Kennedy Center and building his taxpayer-funded ballroom. It figures that he would want to distract th...