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Chellie Pingree: “The Kennedy Center's name and mission are established by…”

Featuring: Chellie Pingree, Democratic | U.S. House Maine, 1st Congressional District

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'A Cover Story For Institutional Failure': Chellie Pingree Slams Trump's Takeover Of Kennedy Center

Published | Video Starts at 05:07

This takeover and the incompetence that's come with it is an insult to that legacy. The law is very clear. The Kennedy Center's name and mission are established by statute. Changing that requires an act of Congress. And I will do everything in my power to make sure this institution stays the way it is. Thank you, Gentlewoman. Yield back. The chair now recognizes. (05:07–05:16)

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Asserts that changing the Kennedy Center's name and mission requires an act of Congress.

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