[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 113 (Thursday, September 21, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H7939]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  SEEDS OF OPPORTUNITY/FEAR PROFITEERS

  (Mr. SMITH of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I would like to invite my 
colleagues, the press, all those that might be interested in a press 
briefing that we are having at 11:30 this morning in room 1302 of the 
Longworth. That is 11:30, 1302, on fear profiteering.
  Do we select our science and those stories that are going to justify 
what policy we want to pass and the decisions we want to make, or do we 
base our policy on the kind of real science that is going to make this 
country and the people of the world better off?
  I have been doing a study on seeds of opportunity, which is in the 
biotechnology. In Europe, they have brought that scientific research to 
a halt. What is going to happen in this country, as we look at the alar 
in apples; as we look at organic foods?
  We need to make sure we base our policy on real science.
  Mr. Speaker, I submit the agenda on the 11:30 briefing on fear 
profiteers for the Record.

       Introduction: Steve Milloy, publisher of 
     www.junkscience.com
       Speaking Order: Nick Smith.
       Fred Smith, Competitive Enterprise Institute.
       Bonner Cohen, Lexington Institute, Editor of Fear 
     Profiteers.
       Alex Avery, Hudson Institute.

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