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Science restored: Eddie Bernice Johnson prepares to chair key panel in U.S. House of Rep [LOL!]
ScienceMag.org ^ | Nov 13, 2018 | Jeffrey Mervis

Posted on 11/13/2018 12:27:41 PM PST by ETL

After 8 years in the political wilderness, Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D–TX) is relishing the chance to “restore the credibility” of the science committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. With Democrats winning control of the House, Johnson is in line to move from ranking member to chair of the panel when the 116th Congress convenes in January 2019. And she says ending the committee’s ideologically driven fights over climate change, management of the National Science Foundation (NSF), and other research topics is high on her agenda.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; eddiebernicejohnson; genderdysphoria; globalwarminghoax; homosexualagenda; jeffreymervis; jimbridenstine; mediawingofthednc; nasa; nsf; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; texas
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To: ETL

Idiocracy in Effect.


21 posted on 11/13/2018 1:28:54 PM PST by TADSLOS (I hate Russian Dolls. They are so full of themselves.)
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House Democrats to "restore science"

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22 posted on 11/13/2018 1:29:12 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

23 posted on 11/13/2018 1:31:10 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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24 posted on 11/13/2018 1:35:30 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Less harmful than making Hazel O’Leary head of the DOE,I guess.


25 posted on 11/13/2018 1:35:43 PM PST by Eagles6
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To: ETL

The only woman more ignorant than Johnson is Sheila Jackson Lee. Wonder what committee she will chair.


26 posted on 11/13/2018 2:07:45 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: ETL

Maybe the two of them can get together and prevent Galveston Island from capsizing during the big summer holiday weekend crowd surges.


27 posted on 11/13/2018 2:13:27 PM PST by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Partisan Media Shills update.


28 posted on 11/13/2018 2:20:33 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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Here’s another...

With Democrats in control of U.S. House, science panel gets fresh start

By Jeffrey Mervis
Nov. 13, 2018

The results of last week’s divisive midterm elections, with Democrats reclaiming control of the U.S. House of Representatives and Republicans likely strengthening their hold on the Senate, have allowed both parties to claim victory. U.S. scientists are also experiencing mixed emotions.

Many are pleased with what they expect to be a more data-driven approach to science policy under the new Democratic chair of the House science committee. But they also face the sobering reality that, by Science’s count, only seven of the 49 House candidates with technical backgrounds were victorious.

And environmental activists are chagrined by the defeat of a proposed tax on carbon emissions in Washington and an Arizona initiative to increase that state’s reliance on renewable energy, although Nevada voters took a first step toward adopting a similar policy.

In the House, Democrats picked up nearly 40 seats. That outcome gives them control of the 435-seat body for the first time since 2010, meaning they will appoint committee chairs and decide which bills get a vote.

Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D–TX) is in line to replace the retiring Representative Lamar Smith (R–TX) as chair of the science committee.

The two Texans represent a stark contrast. Trained as a psychiatric nurse, Johnson has promised to “restore the credibility” of a committee that for 6 years has challenged the findings of climate scientists and questioned the need for many environmental regulations.

“We were not really following our charter [under Smith],” says Johnson, who joined the panel as a new legislator in 1993 and for the past 8 years has been its top Democrat. Instead, she says, “We were trying to uncover any information that would undercut scientific findings and avoid facing what the scientific data were showing us.”

Smith, a lawyer who came to Congress in 1989, regularly convened hearings designed to highlight the views of those opposed to federal action to curb greenhouse gas emissions. He also used his unilateral power to issue investigative subpoenas—an authority traditionally given to just a few committee heads—to attack climate science he found suspect.

Johnson hopes to shift the debate from “ignoring what’s happening” to discussing “what we should be doing to save our planet and the lives and money it takes to clean up after weather-related disasters.”

That move and other changes in tone could help repair a breach between the panel and the scientific community. “Stakeholders have told me they stopped asking for meetings [with the Republican majority] because they didn’t see the point,” says one Democratic staffer. “That’s going to change, because we will be listening.”

All seven winners with technical backgrounds are Democrats, and six were first-time candidates. Two toppled Republican incumbents; the rest won open seats. Four are women—a pediatrician, a nurse, an industrial engineer, and a retired U.S. Navy commander—helping boost overall female representation in the House to nearly 25%.

Newly elected lawmakers rarely get appointed to the appropriations committee and other panels with influence over key sectors of the economy, such as tax and fiscal policy. Accordingly, they are often overrepresented on the science committee. But none of the soon-to-be House members with technical backgrounds is lobbying for a spot on the science panel.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/democrats-control-us-house-science-panel-gets-fresh-start

29 posted on 11/13/2018 2:42:44 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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Having a nursing degree, at least she’s taken some science classes....


30 posted on 11/13/2018 3:01:24 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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31 posted on 11/13/2018 3:50:29 PM PST by Baynative (their degree in economics)
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Cimate is not science. Science is established on observation and experimentation, not unwarrated opinion. Are these appointees degreed in a scientific discipline? If not. why would one be seated to judge those who are?


32 posted on 11/13/2018 7:03:05 PM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: smvoice

No, it isn’t funny, and there is an article in the Dallas Morning about Latinos turning Texas blue in 2020. They vote overwhelmingly for Democrats, as do blacks, because of the promise of free stuff. The US is going to be a 3rd world country like those in S. America and Africa. When that happens, whites will be persecuted as they are in S. Africa. This is beyond depressing.


33 posted on 11/13/2018 8:03:53 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (..Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you.. Joshua 1:9)
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And I agree 100%. You’ll find no argument coming from me. I live in a sanctuary city. I don’t think I need to SAY more


34 posted on 11/13/2018 8:32:41 PM PST by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON)
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