My concern is that by implementing an across the board quota for every single advisory panel of the Science Advisory Board, you will end up disproportionately increasing the size committee, adding people who do not understand the science and I think that is not a useful exercise in using taxpayer dollars.
Markey expresses concern about the impact of quotas on advisory committees' expertise.
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