[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 96 (Tuesday, June 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5779]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         NATIONAL LABORATORIES

  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, the Republican budget plan makes drastic 
cuts in high-tech energy research at our National Laboratories. It cuts 
the fossil energy and energy conservation research and development by 
more than half. This is shortsighted and wasteful.
  These cuts will come at a time when Labs such as those at Las Alamos 
and Sandia in my home State of New Mexico are making critical 
breakthroughs in the civilian applications of research in areas such as 
energy production and conservation, pollution control, and 
pharmaceutical design.
  In addition to their important work in technologies which provide for 
our national security, these research developments will make American 
industry more efficient and safer for the environment, as well as more 
competitive in the global market.
  Competitive American industry means more jobs for Americans, Mr. 
Speaker. Our National Labs are essential to this goal.


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