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grateful to you and the staff for taking it seriously. * * * These are very extensive 

 documents and are very helpful to us, as you know, in terms of specific approaches 

 ol your committee and other committees related to it. But in terms of the general 

 problem, we truly are grateful for the very creative and constructive efforts that you 

 have made. 



As Teague got ready to begin his statement, Boiling also gave him 

 credit as one of the original backers of the reorganization idea: 



When the Speaker talked to me first about the idea of this, he mentioned you 

 and a few others who felt that we needed to do something very badly about reorga- 

 nizing, looking at the problem of committee structure. So, in a sense, you are one of 

 the parents of this committee. 



Teague mentioned that he wanted McCormack to testify along 

 with him because of the importance of energy. This was the main 

 thrust of his testimony, aside from detailing the principal achieve- 

 ments of the committee. He spoke broadly, not parochially, focusing 

 on issues of national concern. Teague advocated distributing commit- 

 tee workloads more evenly, providing for joint referrals to minimize 

 future jurisdictional conflicts, and clarifying responsibilities. He 

 sketched in the rigorous oversight which his committee had accom- 

 plished in high technology areas. Making a telling point concerning 

 the 23^-year study of civil aviation research and development, Teague 

 added: 



Our committee has been the only congressional unit to hold hearings on this 

 study's conclusions and recommendations even though the problem areas identified 

 extended across multiple committee jurisdictions: Armed Services, Banking and 

 Currency, Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Joint Economic Committee, Judiciary, 

 and Ways and Means. Civil aeronautical research and development should be con- 

 centrated in a single committee, if we are to legislate effectively in the aeronautical 

 field. 



Teague wove a very evenly meshed pattern of the relationships 

 between health research and development and other forms of scientific 

 R. & D., the importance of patent policy decisions in translating re- 

 search results into useful technology, and the growing importance of 

 technology assessment. He raised new questions: The relations of 

 computers to privacy, the ethical and moral implications of genetic 

 engineering, the proper balance between energy and environmental 

 research, finally leading into the qualifications of McCormack in the 

 energy area: 



Two years ago, when Mike was a freshman, Chairman George Miller of this 

 committee appointed Mike chairman of a task force on energy. The task force did a 

 splendid job, and this year we upgraded it to a full Subcommittee on Energy, and 

 made Mike its chairman. I think we are fortunate to have scientists of Mike McCor- 



