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Mr. President, Senator Leahy and Senator Cornyn have introduced a rather substantial amendment to the STOCK Act that would strengthen the tools that prosecutors and investigators use to detect and prosecute corruption by public officials…
the EPA decision making on science that really can affect so many people's lives in a positive way but also in a negative way.
We have to consider that if someone is getting, for example, EPA grants in order to prove something, that would suggest that they have perhaps a bias.
Well, Malthus was supposedly a scientist. I mean, he was the mathematician of his day...
As long as the same standard is for industry, that is fine.
Well, let us just note that when someone works for an industry, yeah, we have to understand they have a conflict of interest there.
If people, and especially in the academic world, have made a specific advocacy, that becomes part of their self-interest as well.
It is an atrocity when you hear a scientist talking about limiting knowledge, limiting the availability of knowledge.
I think that we should take that very seriously, that all data should be made available, not just conclusions.
Madam President, I would be delighted to take a voice vote on this amendment, which I am proud to say was written by myself and Senator Isakson. I am very pleased Senator Collins suggested the modification. All this amendment does is…
Madam President, I believe my amendment is next. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be 2 minutes of debate equally divided on the Boxer amendment No. 1489.
Madam President, I ask for a voice vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.
We didn't do our job, and that legislation needs to be revisited in light of this new information.
Excuse me, you are going to have to use your regulatory authority to do something that should have been said in the law by Congress.
None of us can be happy about this memo that came out last November, showing how poorly this program is serving the American public.
The report calls into question the adequacy of the program's performance standards.
