In her article "Prioritizing Science Funding", October 24 Issue of Chemical & Engineering News, Susan Morrissey says, "Members of a key congressional science committee believe that fiscal 2012 federal budget could be trimmed by over $1.5 billion through cuts to science agencies without undermining the role of science and innovation in the US's long-term economic growth".
I agree with that 100%.
The letter to Congress' Joint Select Committee on Deficit Production comes from 11 Republican House members, of the House Science, Space & Technology Committee.
Two operations which the National Foundation and the National Institute of Standards & Technology engage in and which I strongly object to are promotion programs and research grants, primarily to universities. It is through those two operations, which the agencies wield political power for the administration and should be eliminated. One program specifically mentioned by the Committee for abolishment is the Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy program (ARPA-E). I heartily agree. This program wastes millions and perhaps billions of dollars pursuing the Administration's undefined dream of "Clean" energy, when we have made great strides in improving cleanliness of fossil fuel use.
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