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I know it is very difficult to argue against anything that says "solar" in it, but 

 I feel that solar energy should be treated as any other source of energy, on an objective 

 basis, to see that ir is producing, for what te)st, and who the heck wants it in the 

 first place. 



McCormack replied: 



I want to say I completely agree with the gentleman. The concept of this bill in 

 part is te> rationalize a totally disorganized attempt te> get into photovoltaic energy 

 by a number of individual sources and committees in the Congress. There is no question 

 about the fact that the photovoltaic industry is moving more rapidly now than we 

 thought a year or two ago that it would be at this time. 



Representative Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. (Republican of California) inspects a solar photo- 

 voltaic concentrator at Sandia Laboratories, New Mexico. 



THE PRINTER WAS EXCITED 



The committee reported the bill by a roll call vote of 33-0, and 

 it was considered on the House floor under suspension of the rules on 

 June 28. When the debate opened, McCormack received unanimous 

 consent to change a word "exciting" in the bill, which he said should 

 read "existing." McCormack explained: 



This is strictly a printing error. I think that the printer was excited about the 

 bill. 



In presenting the bill on the floor, McCormack made a practical 

 demonstration to the Members of the House, showing how a lighted 

 bulb (representing the Sun) when focused on photovoltaic cells could 

 run a tiny one-hundredth of a watt motor and turn a propeller. He 



