Time for a Reboot in Congress.

• Autores: Andrew Rosenberg
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 318, Nº. 3, 2018, págs. 10-10
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article presents information related to Republican Representative Lamar Smith, head of the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology who will retire from the U.S. Congress in 2018. It highlights Smith's sponsorship of a legislation that would have undermined the role of science in policy making. It is stated that Smith was given the unusual ability to issue subpoenas unilaterally in 2015.