House Republicans Remain Hostile To Democrats' Scientific Integrity Bill

摘要

House Republicans are showing little interest in supporting a bill being crafted by Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) that seeks to codify scientific integrity requirements at EPA and other agencies, accusing Democrats of "weaponizing" the debate over federal science and faulting the bill for its failure to sufficiently address "research misconduct" and other issues. At a joint hearing of the House science committee's research and investigations panels, Democrats expressed their backing for Tonko's bill, H.R. 1709, which he has been working on since 2016 and reintroduced in the current Congress in March. The measure would codify scientific integrity policies at EPA and other agencies dating from the Obama and George W. Bush administrations.