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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

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President Trump's nomination of U.S. Representative Mick Mulvaney to lead the Office of Management and Budget has alarmed many scientists. After he voted against a bill to provide funds for study of the Zika virus, Mulvaney asked in a Facebook post (since deleted), "Do we really need government-funded research at all."

At a confirmation hearing Tuesday, he said some federal support for research was appropriate. He made the statement answering questions from Senator Kamala Harris, a Democrat from California. "I do believe there is a proper role for the federal government in research," he said, Science reported...

Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/01/25/omb-nominee-ok-some-us-funds-science

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