Establishment of a Congressional Science Advisory Staff: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Accounts of the Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 6866 and H. R. 8066, to Increase the Effectiveness of the Congress in Carrying Out Its Functions by Establishing a Science Advisory Staff in the Senate and House of Representatives. December 4, 1963U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964 - 85 pages |
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Page 37 - With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.
Page 3 - Office shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of their fitness to perform their duties.
Page 28 - ... shall be referred • to the same committee) by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be.
Page 28 - Amounts appropriated for the expenses of the joint committee shall be disbursed one-half by the Secretary of the Senate and one-half by the Clerk of the House.
Page 17 - ... and is gravely to be regarded. Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientifictechnological elite. It is the task of statesmanship to mold, to balance, and to integrate these and other forces, new and old, within the principles of our democratic system — ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society.
Page 31 - States; b) to speed up the experimental work, which is at present being carried on within the limits of the budgets of University laboratories, by providing funds, if such funds be required, through his contacts with private persons who are willing to make contributions for this cause, and perhaps also by obtaining the cooperation of industrial laboratories which have the necessary equipment.
Page 2 - Commission"), to be composed of twelve members — (A) three members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives...
Page 28 - Authorizations granted under schedules promulgated under subsection (d) of this section shall be permissive. (c) The Administrator may request advice and counsel from the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration...
Page 24 - Bartlettl may proceed to make some remarks on another subject, and that I may speak briefly on it also, and that the time we consume be not charged to either side on the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Mr. BARTLETT. I understand that the time I consume and that the Senator from New York will consume will not be charged to either side.
Page 2 - ... at the close of business on December 31 of the year in which they attain the age of fifty-five years.