White House touts science programs; Congress criticizes cut to ARPA-E

摘要

President Bush's top science advisor urged Congress last week to fully fund the White House's fiscal 2009 budget requests for basic science and technology programs. John Marburger, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said lawmakers should restore funding for various science programs that Congress cut in the 2008 omnibus spending bill. But Marburger took some heat over the White House's decision not to request any funding to create a new research unit at the Energy Department.