Wayne Gilchrest: “Mr. Chairman, I am trying to work my way through all of this. I started out this morning worrying about the Climate…”

“Mr. Chairman, I am trying to work my way through all of this. I started out this morning worrying about the Climate Change Action Plan because I think it is a significant, though not the overall major, part of this plan to study global warming, to study global climate change, which I happen to be a firm believer we need the exact scientific data to produce. So I have been working my way through trying to figure out where the cuts are coming from, and I was happy to hear that we are not cutting $20 million out of the Global Climate Action Plan, but it is actually $6 million, but it is in an area of research so that the chairman of the subcommittee places the money in this area of research to stratospheric ozone research, which I think is appropriate. I understand, though, in the EPA's budget in the area of the environmental programs and management, there is tens of millions of dollars for the Climate Change Action Plan. Now, I want to stand here and agree with the gentleman from Massachusetts and the gentlewoman from California in that we need a significant role to play as far as the Government is concerned to produce more energy-efficient cars, lighting, using fuel.”