Political Quotes

“I rise in strong opposition to this amendment. This amendment makes significant reductions to many existing programs and activities throughout the Government. Most of the provisions in this amendment have not had the benefit of public hearings. We have seen no testimony, heard no witnesses, and have had no discussions among the members of the impact on many of these programs. This amendment contains a number of items under the jurisdiction of my Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. For example, the amendment includes a proposal to reduce the Department of Energy's magnetic fusion program by $70 million. A reduction of that size would paralyze the domestic fusion research and development program and seriously jeopardize the international program involving Russia, Europe, Japan, and the United States. The proposed reduction would be a serious threat to this program's ability to provide a safe, environmentally attractive, inexhaustible and competitively priced source of energy for our future. This amendment also includes a proposed rescission of $138,289,000 for Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation projects which would jeopardize funding for any project in the corps' general investigations and construction, general programs and the Bureau's construction program that did not meet the criteria established by the amendment.”