COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES J. BENNETT JOHNSTON, Louisiana, Chairman DALE BUMPERS, Arkansas JAMES A. MCCLURE, Idaho WENDELL H. FORD, Kentucky MARK O. HATFIELD, Oregon HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico BILL BRADLEY, New Jersey MALCOLM WALLOP, Wyoming JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico FRANK H. MURKOWSKI, Alaska TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, Colorado DON NICKLES, Oklahoma KENT CONRAD, North Dakoia CONRAD BURNS, Montana JAKE GARN, Utah DARYL OWEN, Staff Director D. MICHAEL HARVEY, Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WENDELL H. FORD, Kentucky, Chairman JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV, West Virginia, Vice Chairman DALE BUMPERS, Arkansas PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, Colorado DON NICKLES, Oklahoma HOWELL T. HEFLIN, Alabama CONRAD BURNS, Montana JAKE GARN, Utah BENJAMIN S. COOPER, Senior Professional Staff Member, Majority (II) CONTENTS STATEMENTS Page 45 Barton, Hon. Joe, U.S. Representative from Texas.... Bromley, Dr. D. Allan, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President......... Decker, Dr. James F., Acting Director, Office of Energy Research, Depart- ment of Energy .................... university ............. Merzbacher, Dr. Eugen, president, the American Physical Society ........... Schwitters, Dr. Roy F., director, Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory, |