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The latter prospect is already before us in the horrible form of mass starvation in Africa and the spread of fundamentalist fanaticism in the Mideast. [...] The 365 to 7 vote for the Fusion Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1980, HR 6308, introduced by Washington Democrat Mike McCormack in January and cosponsored by 159 members of the House, mandates the Department of Energy to develop a program plan to demonstrate the commercial feasibil- ity of magnetic fusion energy by the turn of the century. [...] Morris Levitt con- gratulated the congressman "on be- half of the 10,000 members of the FEF and the many thousands of Fusion readers who have enthusiastically backed your fight for an Apollo-style fusion program." "This gives the nation a real weapon in the fight to put the United States back on the road to economic pros- perity and to revive our position as scientific world leaders," Levitt said. [...] 27 The passage of the McCormack bill along with the endorsement of the Buchsbaum report from the Energy Research Advisory Board of the De- partment of Energy are clear signs that Congress and the administration will come out with more aggressive fusion programs next year. [...] The resulting problems with the bill were discussed during a morning of informal hearings held by the staff of the Research and Devel- Continued on page 14 Tsongas Comments on Fusion, FEF At the first day of hearings on his fusion bill July 27, Senator Paul Tsongas startled the assembled representatives of the fusion community two times.