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Alan B. Mollohan: of sfeartic sciences, an office -- atmospheric identifiens, and office within n.s.f., has awarded more than $ million for meteorlogical experience. this grant process should be respected.

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Alan B. Mollohan: again, we are going outside of the process. there is a process that we have established that we have caused to be established in the federal agencies to give out money in this regard. and

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Alan B. Mollohan: just don't know. but what i do know is that we are giving what amounts to a no-bid contract. where we are saying we, one member, the appropriations committee, is going to say, i'm going to designate

1:09:51 to 1:10:01( Edit History Discussion )

Alan B. Mollohan: it. let's tell the federal agencies you need to be -- you need to have a broader pool. you need to give more grants out to small colleges. you need to do this, you need to do that. but let's

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Alan B. Mollohan: at a level of more than $6 billion. what is the purpose of funding an agency like this and telling that agency give out grants on a competitive basis if we are going to go around it and give

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Alan B. Mollohan: the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? mr. visclosky: move to strike the last word. the chairman: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr.