Myron Ebell
House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) on 6th July sent follow-up letters to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Massachusetts AG Maura Healey, and eight private organizations regarding the committee’s investigation of “co-ordinated attempts to deprive companies, non-profit organizations, and scientists of their First Amendment rights and ability to fund and conduct scientific research free from intimidation and threats of prosecution.” Chairman Smith concludes that if documents relevant to his investigation are not turned over, “the Committee will consider use of compulsory process”—that is, subpoenas.
The letters to the Attorneys General are worth reading for the explanation given of the Congress’s constitutional authority to investigate the AGs’ conspiracy and of the Science Committee’s specific responsibility “in ensuring that all scientists, especially those conducting taxpayer-funded research, have the freedom to pursue any and all legitimate avenues of inquiry, including those that may be in conflict with and/or rebut the findings proposed by various institutions.” The Science Committee oversees federal research funding of roughly $40 billion each year......To Read More.....
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