Chris Stewart: “Well, once again, I just have to respond to some of the things that the opposition is saying. This is essentially their…”

“Well, once again, I just have to respond to some of the things that the opposition is saying. This is essentially their argument: we think it is okay that 60 percent of SAB members have $140 million in direct government grants, and we think it is okay that those same members are then allowed to provide their own peer review of their own work. That is okay. I think it is very commonsensical to realize there are inherent objections and inherent conflicts in allowing that sort of structure to continue to exist. It is not gutting the EPA, as was claimed, to ask to increase transparency. It is not gutting the EPA to ask for balance. That is all this bill does. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Harris), my good friend.”