Foster Fights Efforts To Politicize Scientific Review
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Issues: Technology and Communication Science
Today, Congressman Bill Foster (IL-11) introduced an amendment to H.R. 1806, the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act during a Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hearing.
The amendment would strike Section 106 which adds a dangerous political filter to the National Science Foundation's gold-standard merit-review process.
"This amendment is yet another attempt from Members of Congress to tell scientists: we know better than you," said Foster. "Protecting independent scientific inquiry is no less important than protecting freedom of the press or freedom of speech. Injecting a political filter into the scientific review process is a dangerous proposal, and that's why I've introduced an amendment to strike this harmful provision."
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