Congressman's Response to Taxpayer's Concerns on Federal Spending on Research Projects1977-02-08Jones, James Robert, 1939-http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/enghttp://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_109_4_22_37_0002The document is a letter from Congressman J. Jones to Mr. Hubbard thanking him for his letter opposing frivolous research projects funded by federal money. Mr. Jones shares Mr. Hubbard's frustration at government waste and assures him that he is working to eliminate such expenditures. Mr. Hubbard had sent a newspaper article to Mr. Jones criticizing the spending of $10.5 million on research projects studying animal behavior. Senator Byrd also criticized this spending as wasteful.