Political Quotes

“In addition, under title III, the Secretary is required, in making individual grants, to give higher priority to a proposal that is multi-state, multi-institutional, or multidisciplinary. While the overall Food Genome Strategy will be multi-State, multi-institutional, and multidisciplinary, there will be many aspects of the program that will not facilitate multi-State, multi-institutional, and multidisciplinary grants, especially in the first couple of years. For example, the development of expressed sequence tags and high-resolution physical maps may, of necessity, be done by one entity. Expressed sequence tags and physical maps are the critical foundation of the food genome strategy. If the Secretary is required to give higher priority to multi-State, multi-institutional, and multidisciplinary proposals, this very basic information may not be developed. It is my understanding, however, that the managers do not intend for this to happen. Rather, since the entire Food Genome Strategy will be multi-State, multi-institutional, and multi-disciplinary, all aspects of this program could receive a higher priority.”