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Changing of the guard: Implications of the democratic midterm election win on environment, energy, and resources legislation
Author(s) -
Bergeson Lynn L.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
environmental quality management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6483
pISSN - 1088-1913
DOI - 10.1002/tqem.20133
Subject(s) - democracy , guard (computer science) , legislation , political science , citation , energy (signal processing) , library science , law , politics , computer science , mathematics , programming language , statistics
Representative Bart Gordon (D-TN) will chair the House Science Committee, and is also likely to schedule oversight hearings on a variety of topics. Given Representative Gordon’s strong interest in scientific research and homeland security, he may seek oversight hearings on the Department of Homeland Security's technology research. Other potential hearing topics include scientific research priorities generally (including those related to the federal government’s investment in nanotechnology research) and issues pertinent to federal researchers’ freedom to discuss research concerning controversial topics, including climate change and related science policy debates.