[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21762]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  THE WORK OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON BASIC RESEARCH OF THE COMMITTEE ON 
                                SCIENCE

  (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 take this 
opportunity to talk a little bit about the work of the Subcommittee on 
Basic Research, a subcommittee I am honored to chair.
  This subcommittee has had a busy and productive 2 years. In the 106th 
Congress, we have held a total of 25 oversight hearings, field 
briefings, markups, on a range of important and timely issues.
  In addition, we have passed through the House two bills authorizing 
fire and earthquake programs under this subcommittee's jurisdiction, 
and oversight for the National Science Foundation, NSF, whose funding 
we authorize.
  I believe the work we do in the subcommittee is truly unique. In our 
hearings on information technology, than on technology, education 
research, plant genomics, and biotechnology, for example, we have been 
able to glimpse the future, and through our oversight and authorization 
bills I hope we are able to shape that future, as well.
  I am proud of our record and the colleguiality and bipartisanship on 
the subcommittee. I look forward to continuing that effort in the next 
session.
  I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff of the 
subcommittee who work behind the scenes to get things done. Stephen 
Eule, Peter Harsha, Mark Harrington, Sharon Hayes, and Steve Howell 
have made my job easier. I thank them for their good ideas and hard 
work.
  I also compliment and congratulate our subcommittee ranking member,


the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson) and her chief of 
staff, Jim Wilson.

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