Thanks to the effort of the Fusion Industry Association and its director Andrew Holland, the US Congress is now considering a bill to aid private fusion efforts. The House version of the Energy and Water Appropriations bill only has $4 million for this important initiative, while the Senate version has $20 million. Please contact your Congressman to support the Senate version. Those on the House Appropriations committee are the most important to e-mail, but your own Congressperson will help; too. Here’s the list of the key members:
- Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
- Pete Visclosky (D-IN)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ)
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Lois Frankel (D-FL)
- Mike Simpson (R-ID)
- Ken Calvert (R-CA)
- Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN)
- Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
As noted in the last LPPFusion report, the NJ legislature is also considering a fusion funding bill. The decisions for this session will be made in November and December. So we again urge everyone to please send e-mails to Sen. Pennachio at SenPennacchio@njleg.org expressing support for these bills. Of course, if you live in NJ, or especially in the 26th Legislative district, mention that.