On the recordNovember 1, 2001
I have conferred with the chairman of the subcommittee, Senator Harkin, who agrees we need to have the hearings. These issues are extraordinarily complicated. We are going to have to have a whole series of hearings with regard to the complicated issues so we can know what we are doing on making public policy, especially in the context where Senator Brownback's amendments carry penal sanctions, jail terms and fines, so that we can know what we should be doing in the public interest but not stifling science. Senator Brownback and I have worked together over the years on a great many items, and we have had some lively television discussions. I think when we finally get around to this discussion it will be lively as well.
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