Joseph Knollenberg: “I just happened to hear some things I thought I should respond to because some folks have the impression that nothing is…”

“I just happened to hear some things I thought I should respond to because some folks have the impression that nothing is really happening here; we just slide these numbers around, everything is cool, everything is kind of like nice. Let me just tell my colleagues a little bit about what is happening here. Some think we are not taking away; we are just squeezing out of nowhere. We are not. Let me tell my colleagues the Schaefer-Klug amendment adds wind energy, $22 rac{1}{2} million; photovoltaic energy, $7 million; solar energy, $2 million; solar international, $2 million; resources assessment, $2 million; energy storage systems, $2 million; solar building technology, $1 million; the wrecking program which, by the way, was blown out by last year's committee entirely. And what does it take away? These are the things it takes away: nuclear safety, domestic environmental waste cleanup, the fusion program, environmental and biological research, including the human genome project, lab safety and improvement program, medical isotopes program which provide isotopes for hospitals, environment, safety, health and improvement activities which help ensure worker and public safety, environmental restoration, and it goes on.”