Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Thursday blocked proposals for two new Smithsonian museums, one for women and one for Latinos.
“All racial, ethnic, religious groups in America are worthy of celebration, even to the extent of having their own museums,” Lee said on the Senate floor in Washington. “Indeed, many of them already do—in many instances, institutions, museums that are not part of or funded by the federal government in whole or in part. If we have more museums and fewer tweets, America would certainly be better off. This isn’t about whether such museums should exist or not. This is about the Smithsonian institution, which is itself federally funded.”
