[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 47 (Tuesday, April 26, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 26, 1994]
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                 FEDERAL ENERGY RESEARCH PRIORITIES ACT

  (Mr. KREIDLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KREIDLER. Mr. Speaker, now is the time to redefine the mission of 
the Department of Energy.
  The world has changed.
  The cold war is over.
  And conservation and renewable energy are the newest weapons in our 
fight for energy security.
  So our research priorities must change too.
  Yet hundreds of DOE facilities throughout the country are conducting 
research based on the past, not the future.
  That is why I have introduced legislation, modeled after the Military 
Base Closure Commission, to evaluate, reconfigure, and close some DOE 
facilities.
  It would cut research spending by 25 percent, saving billions of 
dollars for taxpayers.
  It would redefine our energy priorities for the future.
  And it would reduce the deficit, cut unnecessary spending, and get 
politics out of these decisions.
  I urge my colleagues to support this legislation.

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