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request as a subcommittee chairman, told his colleagues that the 

 subcommittee action "was taken after the most extensive hearings 

 ever undertaken by the Subcommittee on Manned Space Flight 

 If the hearings were extensive, the markup session, frequently long 

 drawn-out and contentious, set a record for brevity in 1972. The 

 following is the complete transcript of the markup by Teague's 

 subcommittee: 



Mr. Teague. Gentlemen, what is your pleasure? 



Mr. Fuqua. I will move, Mr. Chairman, unless Mr. Winn wants to move, that 

 we report the budget request submitted, the $1.58 billion, for manned space flight. 



Mr. Wydler. I second the motion, and suggest that we fight like the very devil 

 to hold it, too. Because it is their lowest request; we know that. 



Mr. Teague. Shall we put in the report that the committee looked into it, that 

 we think they came in with a minimum, very austere budget, and that we are support- 

 ing them? 



Mr. Fuqua. And we should point out the budget is $52 million less than last 

 year. 



Mr. Frey. And point out that this is the first time we have not come in above 

 it, have not increased it at all. We have always in the past increased it. 



Mr. Teague. Mr. Winn, further discussion? 



Mr. Winn. No further discussion, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Teague. The motion has been made that we report the $1,580,652,000. 

 Those in favor say "aye." 



[Calls of "aye."] 



Mr. Teague. Opposed "no." 



[No response.] 



Mr. Teague. The vote is unanimous. Let's go home. 

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APOLLO 17 AND CHAIRMAN MILLER'S RETIREMENT 



On December 19, 1972, the Apollo 17 astronauts completed their 

 journey to the Moon — the sixth manned landing and the last of the 

 Apollo series. Dr. Harrison H. Schmitt, a trained geologist, became 

 the first astronaut-scientist to make the Moon landing, he later 

 joined another former astronaut, John H. Glenn, in the U.S. Senate. 



The ending of the Apollo program almost coincided with the close 

 of Chairman Miller's fruitful career, the last 11 years of which he 

 served at the helm of the Science and Astronautics Committee. In the 

 early years of his chairmanship, Miller was always compared favor- 

 ably with his predecessor, Representative Overton Brooks, under 

 whose chairmanship subcommittees automatically were held in tight 

 rein. It was Chairman Miller's generous delegation of authority to 

 Manned Space Flight Subcommittee Chairman Teague that enabled the 

 most heavily financed aspects of NASA's space program to succeed so 

 admirably in the leadership and oversight received from Congress. 



