ggO HISTORY OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 



Wc finally culminated that last night with a meeting in which some hard pro- 

 posals were made. * * * I'm willing to talk business with the President and try to 

 come up with some policy that will get us back on the road to taking dominance in 

 this breeder held. 



But Wydler did ask for some extra time to insure that all committee 

 members had their questions on the proposal thoroughly reviewed 

 and answered by top DOE officials like Schlesinger and his deputy, 

 Dale Myers. Teague responded that he wasn't trying to "cram some- 

 thing down anybody's throat." He added: 



This amendment is about all I worked on for the last week and I think I've 

 talked to everybody and his grandfather about the thing. 



Flowers pointed out that other concessions had been made by 

 DOE and the administration: 



I have been deeply concerned from the very outset, about a year ago, when we 

 got into the first Carter Administration budget in this committee, about the lack of 

 enthusiasm for the nuclear side of it. * * * I think we are at the threshold of seeing 

 a very dramatic turnaround on that. 



Winn was skeptical. He said that it was pretty obvious that the 

 administration had its back to the wall as a result of the coal strike, 

 and that he wanted to see more in writing from the President on what 

 he said he would do with nuclear energy. 



Mrs. Lloyd raised a number of questions needing clarification such 

 as the reference to 859 professional people working on the CRBR, which 

 she said conflicted with the GAO figure of 1,737. She remarked: 



I don't think we have anything except a study. And I think our country needs 

 more than a study. 



Lujan and Goldwater were also critical. In trying to placate them, 

 Teague remarked that Dale Myers was available to answer questions, 

 prompting the following colloquy: 



Mr. Goldwater. Mr. Chairman, I've got about 30 pages of questions here that 

 I put together. 



Chairman Teague. How many? 



Mr. Goldwater. About 30. 



Chairman Teague. Well, I would suggest you spend the night with Mr. Myers. 



FUQUA URGES COMPROMISE 



Fuqua urged some early action toward a compromise: 



This Member has supported the Clinch River in the past. But the President has 

 made that determination, and we're in a situation in the House and I think in the 

 Senate where we have a majority vote but we don't have a two-thirds vote to over- 

 ride the veto. * * * We are in a deadlock. We can go up and down the hill again, 

 like wc did on the B-l and some other issues, if we want to continue to do that. 

 But the President has made the decision, and we can't force him to build Clinch 

 River if he decides not to do it. 



