Edward Livingston said "I personally supported the super collider as well, and think that the House and the Congress as a whole made a terrible mistake when it turned its back on that productive science and chose not to go forward with what would have reaped great results for the American people. However, Congress did decide to scrap the super collider as the project was well underway. There were facilities that were left, and there were moneys that were unexpended in the super collider account. If I am correct, Mr. Chairman, and I hope if I am not the gentleman would correct me, but as I understand it, the $65 million left in the super collider account which, in order to mollify, in effect, the people of Texas for the loss of this project that was begun and then abandoned by the Congress, was expected to go into a cancer research facility." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 11, 1995

I personally supported the super collider as well, and think that the House and the Congress as a whole made a terrible mistake when it turned its back on that productive science and chose not to go forward with what would have reaped great results for the American people. However, Congress did decide to scrap the super collider as the project was well underway. There were facilities that were left, and there were moneys that were unexpended in the super collider account. If I am correct, Mr. Chairman, and I hope if I am not the gentleman would correct me, but as I understand it, the $65 million left in the super collider account which, in order to mollify, in effect, the people of Texas for the loss of this project that was begun and then abandoned by the Congress, was expected to go into a cancer research facility.

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Edward Livingston

Louisiana

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the funding and implications of the abandoned super collider project.

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