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Henry Waxman: “I don't understand how the gentleman from Missouri can say that this is a nefarious group of people. After all, these…”

On the recordFebruary 18, 2011
I don't understand how the gentleman from Missouri can say that this is a nefarious group of people. After all, these are people who are scientists, who've won the Nobel Prize for their scientific activities. I used to think that people from Missouri were from the Show-Me State. Now I gather what this gentleman from Missouri is suggesting is 'I don't want to know about it.' I don't think that is what the position ought to be of the United States Congress. Let's learn the facts and then decide what to do about it but not stop trying to know what the science is behind the global threats.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California
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Feb 18, 2011

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Waxman criticizes a colleague's dismissal of scientific expertise regarding global threats.

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