Lady Gaga appointed co-chair of Biden’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

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The White House announced Thursday that President Joe Biden will appoint Lady Gaga, 37, as co-chair of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) along with Oscar-wining producer Bruce Cohen.Members of the committee include Jon Batiste, Constance M.

Carroll, George Clooney, Philip J. Deloria, M. Angélica Garcia, Jennifer Garner, Nora Halpern, Steve Israel, Marta Kauffman, Ricky Kirshner, Troy Kotsur, Katie McGrath, Laura Penn, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, Arnold Rampersad, Shonda Rhimes, Kimberly Richter Shirley, Horacio Sierra, Anna Deavere Smith, Joe Walsh, Kerry Washington and Pauline Yu.“Welcome newly appointed members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, led by @BruceCohen83 and @ladygaga!” the official committee Twitter account posted. “We look forward to partnering to positively impact the arts, libraries, museums and humanities work across the country.”Gaga retweeted the news and responded, “Thank you @POTUS @PCAHgov.”The PCAH was founded in 1982 by Executive Order during Ronald Reagan’s administration to “advise the President on cultural policy” and advises the president “on policy, philanthropic and private sector engagement, and other efforts to enhance federal support for the arts, humanities, and museum and library services,” according to the release.The Obama-era members of the committee resigned in 2017 following former President Donald Trump’s reaction to the Charlottesville riots, and Trump did not renew the order to keep the committee.

Biden revived the committee by Executive Order in September.Lady Gaga has several ties to Biden, including performing at his inauguration and traveling with him to support the “It’s On Us” initiative that addressed campus sexual.