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Congressman Henry A. Waxman has long been a proponent of science, and the most outspoken U.S. Congressman since 1974, according to Julie Wakeman, writing for Scientific American. Until the George W. Bush administration, Waxman has been instrumental in getting funding approved for scientific research, but for the brakes put on by the Bush administration. As Wakefield writes, Waxman’s efforts have been severely curtailed. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Congressman Henry A. Waxman has long been a proponent of science, and the most outspoken U.S. Congressman since 1974, according to Julie Wakeman, writing for Scientific American. Until the George
W. Bush administration, Waxman has been instrumental in getting funding approved for scientific research, but for the brakes put on by the Bush administration. As Wakefield writes, Waxmans efforts have
been severely curtailed. He refers to it more emotionally and says that science is under attack. In relationship to the Bush administration,
Waxman says, "If the science doesnt fit what the White House wants it to be, it distorts the science to fit into what its preconceived notions are about what it
wants to do" (Wakeman 50). What the Bush administration wants is unclear in the article, other than in taking a protectionism stance
for ultra conservatives. Wakeman is not interested in representing the other side of the question. The student may want to note that
the attacks by conservatives arent new to Waxman. He based his Congressional career on scientific representation, beginning in the California State Legislature in 1969 when he was appointed to the
California National Assembly Health Committee, and as Wakefield reports, this is what makes the current situation so untenable. In May 2004, Waxmans
office "issued a report detailing 20 areas affecting health, environmental and other research agencies" where the Bush administration has had websites deleted, advisory committee members sacked and suppressed information "inconvenient
to White House policy goals" (Wakeman 50). Waxman names the culprits as Bush supporters like the Traditional Values Coalition who denounce studies on such issues as sexual behaviors and prostitution.
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