Dear Colleagues, On July 29, the Senate Subcommitee on Energy held an oversight hearing of the Department of Energy's Office of Science at which the following individuals appeared: Dr. Raymond Orbach , Director , Office of Science, Department of Energy The Honorable Spencer Abraham , Secretary , Department of Energy Dr. Hermann Grunder , Director , Argonne National Laboratory Dr. Burton Richter , Nobel Laureate, Former Director , Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Dr. Wayne Clough , President , Georgia Institute of Technology Copies of their testimony can be found at: http://www.senate.gov/~energy/hearings/witnesslist.cfm?id=880 The membership of the committee can be found at: http://www.senate.gov/~energy/about/about_members.html Congress is currently adjourned, with members normally returning to their home states to listen to their constituents. The American Institute of Physics has a "Communicating with Congress" webpage at: http://www.aip.org/gov/commcong.html Norman Graf