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Linking Science and Technology to Society's Environmental Goals (1996) / Chapter Skim
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Harlan Watson, House Committee on Science
Pages 419-422

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From page 419...
... I did have some learned remarks prepared and some great recommendations, but unfortunately Tom Grumbly stole them all. I do want to note, however, that I would agree and I believe most Members of the new House of Representatives would agree with what Tom said about risk assessment and analysis, and the need for sound science and movement to free-market economics.
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From page 420...
... On the whole, however, environmental legislation was reauthorized, environmental funding grew, and things did move along. One could argue about the pace, but whichever side of a given environmental issue you were on, there was a broad consensus for a "command-and-control" approach to the environment -- with the government either setting standards to be followed by the private sector or prescribing in detail the technology that the private sector must use to combat a particular environmental problem.
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From page 421...
... And with these increased impacts have come increased controversy, political polarization and adversity, which have strained and -- in many cases -- broken the old environmental consensus. As an example of the current tenor of the debate, let me quote Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club, from an article he authored in The Washington Times on July 27, 1995, as part of a special section entitled "Debate on the Environment: Which Way for Hill Reforms?
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From page 422...
... In spite of the downsizing of the House, which cut several committees and staff by one-third, there is still an enormously complex and laborious system in place, with something like 21 committees in both the House and the Senate, four joint committees, and some 187 subcommittees. It's very easy to get bogged down, particularly in environmental issues where jurisdictions are spread across a number of committees and subcommittees in the House and Senate.
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