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Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2007

Date: May 24, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Energy


ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2007

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment by the gentleman from Arizona. The Science Museum of Virginia is one of the leading science museums and education and research facilities in the country, and I do not support any provision which would seek to bar it from receiving funds.

While the gentleman's intention may have been to bar the $250,000 earmark contained in the conference report, the language of this amendment is so broad that it would prevent the Virginia Science Museum from competing for any grants or funding streams, competitive or otherwise, included in the act.

Now, along with my colleague from Virginia (Mr. Tom Davis), I am one of the cochairs of the Congressional Chesapeake Bay Task Force and would like to reiterate the point that the work of the Science Museum with regard to testing and monitoring of the Potomac and Occoquan Rivers, both of which are part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, are vital to the continuing efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay. As the Nation's largest and most productive estuaries, it is indeed a national priority. So, too, Mr. Chairman, is the mission of the Science Museum to engage in instruction and research in the sciences to educate children.

I would hope that the gentleman would not pursue this amendment. This is an extreme amendment that unnecessarily harms the Science Museum, and I would hope the amendment is defeated.

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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, as I understand, the money will be spent for research in the Chesapeake Bay. This is a national priority. And I would hope that the testing and monitoring of the Potomac and Occoquan Rivers, both of which are part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed will continue. I mean, it is a national priority.

We spend substantial resources on the Chesapeake Bay, and this research will go a long way in helping to preserve the Chesapeake Bay.

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