Jerry Brown

I think it is basically a good bill and I would like to see it enacted. Now, I have heard, as apparently others have, that there are some problems having to do with the Senate bill... if we have a situation in which the Governors... have…

I would merely like to request that the gentleman join me in requesting that the Department submit to Congress a quarterly report listing any trips that it approves for negotiations or assisting in negotiations of international S&T…

I will just point out that this program was created in the 1988 trade bill. It was title X, as I recall, the contribution of the Committee on Science, and this program had been studied in the Committee on Science for several years before…

I commend the chairman, the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee, for the precise language that he has used and which I think is correct. I should point out, however, that the Senate, the other body, in its own wisdom, rejected this…

This amendment says that Congress believes that there is no link between environmental stewardship and national security. It says that we intend that the Federal agencies should withdraw from any international leadership role in…

I do not recall that it has. But this body can get very excited about something and when they do, using their awesome powers, they frequently make some major mistakes. That may be the case in this situation. But all we can do is try to…

I support the provisions of H.R. 1271, the FAA Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1997. H.R. 1271 takes steps to reverse the downward trend in FAA's research, engineering and development account, which has…

I want to particularly note the contribution that the chairman of the subcommittee, the gentleman from California [Mr. Rohrabacher] has made. Much of the detail of this bill reflects his considerable input and his commitment to the space…

We do have reference to the concept of the biosphere reserves. That is a U.N. designation. We do not authorize that. All of the research done within those biospheres is conducted with Federal money. That research is authorized, however.

I will not belabor all of the good points that I could make about the NSF, but I do want to say something about a very small line item which is in the bill that has not been in there before, and that is a provision providing for…

I understand fully his concern about the role that Goddard would play in this whole subject of space commercialization. I share his very strong support for the Mission to Planet Earth and the very important role that Goddard plays there. I…

I have seen our investments in alternative energy over the last 20 years produce a continuing decline in the cost of the energy coming from these and a continuing increase in the market and particularly in the overseas market which is…

I would like to express my profound thanks to the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Myers] for his knowledge about this situation. As he has already indicated, the Mexicans now have EPA money and United States-Mexico Border Commission cleanup…

The cost of the construction of the space station is nowhere near that amount, but to build it and to operate it for X number of years could reach that amount, depending on the number of years of operation we want to count and what…

I appreciate the argument of equity that the gentleman makes, and in a perfect world I would probably go along with it, but this is not a perfect world. I have spent too many years trying to further the development of these very important…

I would rise in very strong support of the position which he has taken and for two reasons... a vote in favor of this amendment is very detrimental to the economic interests of California.

This was the most arbitrary action I have ever seen a chairman take when he rejected a unanimous subcommittee report and refused to take up the bill. And then to categorize that as corporate welfare or industrial policy or as the grants…

The climate change action plan, if I understand properly, is a small portion of the overall Global Warming Program, which is the subject of a 27-percent cut here. In the case of the climate change action plan, there is a 100-percent cut in…

I am happy to have the gentleman acknowledge this. I am not trying to present this as some perverse or evil process. I just wonder why it is when I offered the same amendments in committee the Chair did not have the perspicacity to realize…

I do not share that view. In my opinion, such research is imperative if we are to truly understand the planet on which we live including the complex interactions that determine our climate and develop the policy options that offer the most…

Based on a series of reviews, a series of reviews, the program has evolved from its original plans to a reshaped program that is more responsive to the science, more resilient, more open to the introduction of new technologies. There has…

Again reclaiming my time, I can assure the gentleman that I am not happy with having to make this change either, but I have received a number of communications from people that I respect that this was not achieving what I thought it might…

Reclaiming my time, well, to some of my friends on the other side who think I am a totally inflexible, knee-jerk liberal, I want to indicate that I can change my mind.

I do not pretend to speak with the expertise that the chairman just spoke with. But I want to speak in support of the provisions authored by the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Gunderson]. My experience has been with the very large dairy…

I think we have reached an amicable solution to this situation and I appreciate very much the distinguished chairman of the committee being amenable to this modification. I want to assure him that it was not the language in the bill that…