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John Tanner: “There was not one iota, we saw a chart at the end with no debate. There was not a witness that came forward on the…”

On the recordOctober 12, 1995
There was not one iota, we saw a chart at the end with no debate. There was not a witness that came forward on the internal programs of NIST, that I recall, that the committee said, ``What are you doing that for? That is not part of your core mission.'' There was none of that in our committee, nothing, not one word. What we are saying is this committee report language has a chilling effect on what the gentleman and I both want, and that is standards research out at NIST. We are willing to amend our amendment to say standards-related research and development in these four areas. I do not know how the gentleman could possibly object to standards-related research and development.
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John Tanner
Tennessee
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Discussing concerns about the impact of committee report language on standards research at NIST.

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