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On the recordSeptember 9, 2014
I thank my friend. We, as elected officials, have to recognize the valuable role science must play in making good public policy--not anecdotes, science. I think Neil deGrasse Tyson said it best when he said: ``The good thing about science is that it's true whether you believe in it or not.'' Let's have science inform our public policymaking and our legislation. I urge my colleagues to reject this rule and the underlying repeat legislation.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia
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Sep 9, 2014

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