Washington, June 30 -- Congressman Ted W. Lieu issued the following press release:
Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) introduced the 21st Century Federal Writers' Project Act, legislation to create a new grant program administered by the National Endowment for the Arts that will empower America's writers and journalists to capture and document the American experience.
As the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding, this legislation establishes a coordinated national effort to chronicle the full breadth of American life across all 56 states and territories. Modeled on the Federal Writers' Project (1935-1943), the 21st Century Federal Writers' Project Act will supp...