Ben McAdams // Democrat // Congressional District 4 //

• How have the arts, culture, and/or humanities impacted your life?
  • We believe a healthy, strong community is one in which creativity, empathy, humanity and meaningful action can be achieved through artistic expression and diverse cultural experiences.

• Utah's humanities and arts employ 123,000 Utahns, provide $4.4 billion in earnings, and $13.2 billion in sales. This is a larger economic impact than agriculture, mining, and real estate. Do you consider the arts and cultural sector an economic driver in Utah?
  • Yes

• I support the following federal agencies and will work to increase fiscally responsible investment in them:
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Institute of Museum and Library Services
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting

• If I win, I will join the following cultural caucuses:
  • Congressional Humanities
  • Congressional Arts
  • Congressional STEAM

• Forgivable loans available from the Small Business Administration have been vitally important to helping the cultural industry recover from COVID-19:
  • I support increasing federal funding in SBA COVID loans and keeping them open for nonprofits

• Fiscally responsible government investment in the arts and humanities (including humanities and arts education) means to me:
  • Fiscally responsible investment in the arts and humanities is an excellent way for federal, state, and local governments to support and foster a greater understanding and appreciation for the world around us.

• Anything else we should know about you?
  • No answer given