I will put in a lot of time and effort to make sure we get equitable funding across science. In past years, in spite of a sometimes dismal early outlook, it's come out pretty well. No science, no surplus. It's that simple. This year we are talking about at most an inflationary increase. . . .
Nobody is against science and technology.
They just don't realize how closely it is linked to the major thrusts of the new administration. We need to point that out. It may well be that scientific societies and others will find it difficult to make significant changes for 2002, Bromley adds. We'll have to really focus on 2003.