Political Quotes

“Beginning in 1988, the administration made a commitment to double funding for the National Science Foundation over a period of 5 years, and the budgets that were recommended by Presidents of both political parties during the intervening years clearly reflect that commitment. In 1988, the Reagan administration's recommended increase in funding was 16.5 percent; 19 percent in 1989; 14 percent in 1990; and in each of the years of the Bush administration, recommendations for funding increases for the NSF were 14 percent, 17 percent, 17 percent, and 16 percent. The Clinton administration for fiscal year 1995 has recommended only a 6-percent increase, so I would suggest to the gentleman from New York [Mr. Boehlert] that his concern about budget deficits has already been well reflected in the recommendations that have been made by the administration for NSF funding for the upcoming fiscal year, and that rate of increase is substantially less than what had been recommended by prior administrations.”