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Representative Howard Wolpe (Democrat Representative Beryl Anthony, Jr. (Demo- 



of Michigan). crat of Arkansas). 



When the Flippo bill came up for consideration by the full com- 

 mittee on May 10, 1979, Wolpe offered two amendments to delete all 

 references to "development" (an amendment recommended by DOE), 

 and to reduce the authorization from $25 million to $8 million — which 

 would amount to a doubling of the authorization then available for 

 DOE and NASA. Wolpe argued: 



The same dollars that are being proposed to be spent in this area and would be 

 spent in the future on the development of related technology, in my judgment, would 

 be much more wisely invested in the development of appropriate conservation tech- 

 nology and the development of small-scale land-based solar technology. 



Wolpe, supported by Pease, lined up against Wydler, Winn, and Flippo, 

 who argued that $25 million was a small investment contrasted with 

 the hundreds of millions being spent for other forms of solar energy 

 and nuclear fusion. The Wolpe amendments were defeated, 27-6 and 

 25-7, and the committee favorably reported the Flippo bill on May 

 10, 1979. The House passed the bill on November 16, 1979, 201-146. 



