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Lamar Smith, Future Chairman For the House Committee On Science, Space, and Tech

Posted by Soulskill on from the politician-selected-for-job-in-politics dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Lamar Smith, a global warming skeptic, will become the new chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Someone who disagrees with the vast majority of scientists will be given partial jurisdiction over NASA, EPA, DOE, NSF, NOAA, and the USGS. When will candidates who are actually qualified to represent science or at a minimum show an interest in it be the representatives of science with regard to political decision-making?"

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  1. No big suprize. by SuperTechnoNerd · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    He is just there to sabotage science, technology and reason. It is as simple as that. My friend who is in local politics says it very standard practice for a person to join or chair a committee for the sole purpose of sabotaging the committee and what it stands for. Kinda like the ole fox guarding the hen house. So it's just not a matter of a poor choice, it's an agenda.