Jerry Brown: “I take this time not so much to discuss his amendment, but I was intrigued by his citation of the two outstanding…”

“I take this time not so much to discuss his amendment, but I was intrigued by his citation of the two outstanding scientists in the laboratories of the Department of Energy who won the Nobel Prize in physics. Of course, these are not the first scientists who have distinguished themselves in either the laboratories or in research funding from the Department of Energy. One that I wanted to mention because he is a Californian is Dr. Sherry Roland at the University of California at Irvine, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry just within the last few days because of the pioneering work that he did on atmospheric chemistry relating to the depletion of ozone. In the event that some of my friends on the other side still think that this ozone depletion theory is still the fantasy of some cockamamie environmentalist, the Nobel Prize committee did not think so and awarded him the Nobel Prize in chemistry for that research. May I just conclude by saying that I appreciate the gentleman offering this amendment.”