Timothy Roemer: “I would just say, and I know the gentleman has much more experience upon this committee than I do, I have only been on…”

“I would just say, and I know the gentleman has much more experience upon this committee than I do, I have only been on the committee since 1991, but as a member of the authorizing committee, I would hope that we could get this bill out to give guidance to the appropriators as to what the new priorities in this 104th Congress might be for spending on new technology, on programs such as hydrogen. I think that the expertise shown by this committee in the past has been a very valuable one. Also, the chairman and the ranking member would be not only working with the appropriators on the House side, but hoping to work with the Senators on the other side of the body so we do pass an authorizing bill. I think that is very important, not just institutionally, but given that the Members of that committee do have a great deal of expertise in this technology and in this field of science.”