Attacks on Public Health and Safety that the Scientific Integrity Act Could Have Prevented

Jacob Carter, Research scientist

July 15, 2019 5:39 PM EDT

In March, Senator Schatz (D-HI) and Representative Tonko (D-NY) introduced the Scientific Integrity Act (hereafter referred to as the “SI Act”). The legislation is a step forward to protecting federal agency scientists and their work from political interference.

Attacks on science come from both sides of the political aisle and have for many years. If enacted, this legislation could prevent future attacks on science and protect the health and safety of people across America who depend on science-informed policies. Read more >

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Drilling Down on the Attempted Takedown of the Government’s Advisory Committees

Genna Reed, Lead science and policy analyst

July 15, 2019 4:00 PM EDT

The House Science committee will be holding a hearing tomorrow to talk about the status of the government’s advisory committees, which is extremely timely considering the Trump administration is attempting to get rid of them altogether.

Groups Urge Support of Scientific Integrity Act as Congressional Hearing Looms

Michael Halpern, Deputy director, Center for Science & Democracy

July 15, 2019 2:44 PM EDT

On the eve of a congressional hearing about preventing attacks on science, more than 60 organizations sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to co-sponsor and advance the Scientific Integrity Act. I’ve written previously about how the legislation would empower federal agency scientists to speak publicly about their work and protect federal science in policy decisions from inappropriate political influence and interference. What’s exciting to me isn’t the number of groups, but the diversity of interests that they represent. Read more >

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