T. Gorton: “it occurs to this Senator that the amendment proposed by my distinguished friend and colleague from Wyoming presents at…”

“it occurs to this Senator that the amendment proposed by my distinguished friend and colleague from Wyoming presents at least two quite distinct issues for debate in this body and perhaps three. The first issue, of course, is the validity of the underlying bill, the bill for which the Simpson amendment is a substitute. The second is the validity, the importance, the urgency of the various reforms which are contained in the Simpson amendment itself. And the third has to do with one of the criticisms that was presented by the distinguished Senator from South Carolina with respect to this amendment, and that was that it substituted for every single element of S. 4 itself. This Senator, for example, joins with the distinguished chairman of the Commerce Committee in praising the effectiveness and acknowledging the importance of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and in being somewhat biased in favor of increasing its ability to provide services to American business. The Senator also is a strong supporter of the National Science Foundation and the work that it does in this connection. This Senator might suggest that if these items were separated from the primary thrust of the bill that the Senator from Wyoming himself would very likely be willing to accept these additions and these new programs.”