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IP: Democratic Press Release on Science and the Budget
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 11:38:52 -0400
Science & Technology June 5, 1997 NEWS House Science Committee, Democratic Membership Mail address: Office Location: 2320 Rayburn House Office Building 822 O'Neill House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 fax: 202/225-3895 202/225-6375 staff contact: Bill Smith, 202/225-4439 http://www.house.gov/science_democrats/welcome.htm Brown Analysis of Budget Agreement Shows R&D Drops 16% George E. Brown, Jr. (D-CA), ranking Democrat on the House Science Committee, released a staff analysis of the budget deal negotiated between the President and Republican leaders in the House and Senate. That analysis shows overall R&D (civilian and defense) declining by 2% in FY1998 and by 16% in real terms by 2002 compared to FY1997 levels. This is in stark contrast to the Science Committee's authorized 3% annual increases in civilian R&D programs, the Brown Investment Budget proposal which called for 5% annual increases, and Senator Gramm's call for 7% annual increases. Brown commented, "Despite the greater activity of the science community in Washington on science policy questions, neither the President nor Republican Congressional leaders acted to protect R&D programs in the budget agreement. I think this shows that the community needs to redouble its efforts at public education to guarantee that the next cycle of budgeting does a better job of protecting these investments than this one has." Details of the Brown analysis, complete with a functional breakdown of the budget and charts, are available at our website. The final budget agreement is scheduled for consideration in the House today. ******Remember 19 June in San Fran****** Look at http://www.eff.org/fillmore
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