WASHINGTON — Texas Rep. Michael McCaul was asked in 2014 at a South By Southwest panel about the power of music to change the world.
“I think rock and roll can be a very effective weapon and tool against oppression,” McCaul, a Republican, said at the time, “because that’s what this country is all about.”
The Recording Academy’s Acting Chief Advocacy & Public Policy Officer Todd Dupler says those discussions continued and culminated in this year’s bill to bolster the State Department’s music-related exchange programs.
