Secondly, I really want to thank the chairman for the provisions 

 in this bill in the area of pesticides which he and I have worked 

 on together. Pesticides are applied so frequently to our crops, our 

 lawns, and our buildings. But the more Senator Reid have gotten 

 into this, the more we see that EPA possesses not so much infor- 

 mation concerning the amount of pesticides applied, the frequency 

 of their use, the path of their exposure, the extent of migration into 

 the environment, the exposure levels of agriculture workers, lawn 

 care chemical applicators, and the general population. 



I think the sections in this bill — section 8, particularly, requiring 

 EPA to conduct pesticide research — will really go a long way to- 

 ward eliminating the data gaps that we have in that particular 

 area. I appreciate very much its inclusion here. 



Third and finally, I would like to join with my colleagues in wel- 

 coming our colleagues from the other body and thanking them for 

 their extraordinary leadership in the House in areas of mutual in- 

 terest. I want to particularly thank Chairman Brown for all that 

 he has done in the area of environmental technologies in which 

 Chairman Baucus and I have been actively involved and to wish 

 him well as we move that bill forward in the House. I would like 

 to thank Congressman Valentine as well for his leadership that has 

 given us a remarkable example of Research Triangle Park which 

 the rest of the country aspires to emulate in the realization of the 

 potential for environmental technology. 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



[Senator Lieberman's prepared statement follows:] 



Statement of Hon. Joseph I. Lieberman U.S. Senator from the State of 



CONNEC~: T 



Thank you Mr. Chairman. I congratulate you on your leadership and commend 

 you for holding today's hearing on S. 1545, the Environmental Research, Develop- 

 ment, and Demonstration Authorization Act, of which we are both cosponsors. 



The activities of the EPA Office of Research and Development have not been reau- 

 thorized since 1981. Unfortunately, today the Agency is faced with a "research man- 

 agement dysfunction" that is "approaching a crisis level", according to the Science 

 Advisory Board. Clearly, these basic management problems must be resolved if the 

 public can have full confidence in EPA's scientific research program — which provides 

 the fundamental justifications for its regulations. As the Science Advisory Board 

 stated: the ultimate success or failure of the Agency to carry out its mandate to pro- 

 tect human health and the environment is at stake. I know one of Administrator 

 Browner's top priorities is ensuring that EPA's actions are based on sound science 

 and. research and I have confidence that she will act to address these problems. 



In addition to the SAB, numerous other experts, such as the Carnegie Commis- 

 sion, have been critical of EPA's research program. These experts have urged that 

 EPA's research program must go beyond meeting the regulatory needs of the var- 

 ious program offices to develop a long-term agenda for identifying, evaluating and 

 alleviating the highest priority environmental risks. 



The provisions in this bill are important because they authorize EPA to establish 

 specific research programs that are designed to address long-term systemic environ- 

 mental and human health hazards. This bill, by requiring EPA to establish fun- 

 damental research programs in areas such as risk assessment, human exposure, 

 and lead abatement, will provide the data and methodologies that will enable the 

 Agency to more effectively combat those environmental problems in the present and 

 in the future. 



In particular, I am pleased Mr. Chairman that you have included provisions for 

 research in the area of pesticides. During the last several years at hearings with 

 you Mr. Chairman, I have learned that although pesticides are applied frequently 



