(10-11-2012, 04:50 AM)DeeBye Wrote: WHY DOES THIS PERSON SERVE ON A SCIENCE COMMITTEE?He's an M.D, and his undergraduate degree is in Chemistry.
http://broun.house.gov/biography/
"...serves as Chairman of the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee for the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee."
It's the House of Representatives, and he represents a conservative part of Georgia. Surely, they can suffer one flat earther??? He's certainly counter balanced by ....
http://science.house.gov/about/membership
No, after reviewing the biographies of about a half a dozen, none leap out at me as being much opposed to what Rep. Broun would be saying. Perhaps he is the extreme view, but he's not very alone there. And... he's actually more qualified than most of his peers to be there since he's actually got more science in his background.
Found one. Rep. Jerry McNerney seems a good fit.
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