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1 I must say, as a lawyer and as a relative 
2 newcomer to this issue, I find the format very frus- 
3 trating. I sense as one speaker is speaking that there 
4 is a wave of desire to answer. Then the next speaker 
5 comes up, and I feel the wave go the other way across 
6 the room. 
7 (Laughter.) 
8 I just sort of sit here frustrated, saying I 
9 wish we could do this in a little more informal format. 
10 It might be even more fun. But I hear all the silent 
H comments going back and forth across the room. 
12 (Laughter.) 
13 Okay, Pamela Lippe, go ahead. 
14 MS. LIPPE: My name is Pamela Lippe, and I 
15 have been lobbying for Friends of the Earth for close 
16 to two years on the federal legislation to regulate 
17 recombinant DNA . Due to the time considerations I 
18 will have to be brief with amenities, but we do appre- 
19 ciate the opportunity to express our concerns once more. 
2Q We in the public interest community look at 
21 recombinant DNA as a powerful new technique and technology 
22 with unprecedented potential for both benefit and harm. 
23 Contrary to recent scientific pronouncements, we do not 
24 want to stop recombinant DNA research, or scientific 
25 progress. We simply wish to achieve the benefits without 
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