FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 16, 2004

LARSON: SCIENCE COMMITTEE REJECTS KEY INITIATIVES; PASSES WEAK MANUFACTURING BILL
GOP Majority Votes Down Most Amendments - Including Larson Measures to Aid U.S. Manufacturers and Invest in Energy Technology

WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Congressman John B. Larson (CT-1) offered two amendments before the House Science Committee today to provide greater funding for energy technology development to assist manufacturers and to create an undersecretary position to coordinate assistance for struggling U.S. manufacturers. The committee