tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post113959606514665867..comments2023-08-05T09:36:31.185-04:00Comments on New York's 24th District Independent: Where is Boehlert's Defense of Science?24thIndependenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411599694795845193noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1139717784435125052006-02-11T23:16:00.000-05:002006-02-11T23:16:00.000-05:00Are you joking, anonymous? In total, the new budg...Are you joking, anonymous? In total, the new budget cuts billions of dollars in education and science funding. You can cite a specific program with an increase of $439 million, but that's just a drop in the bucket against the billions of dollars in losses to education and science.<BR/><BR/>Cut the misinformation, anonymous reader. Whether Sherwood Boehlert means well or not, he has been completely weak and ineffectual as the chair of the House Science Committee, and has been complicit in the repeated reduction of the science budget under George W. Bush. Boehlert's failure to stand up to the current slashing of the total education and science spending in the new budget is just the latest example of his inadequacy.<BR/><BR/>Boehlert stands with the party of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, not with the real needs for progress and innovation. It's time for this two-faced false dealing to end.24thIndependenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16411599694795845193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1139708894838881542006-02-11T20:48:00.000-05:002006-02-11T20:48:00.000-05:00The National Science Foundation proposes an FY 200...The National Science Foundation proposes an FY 2007 investment of $6.02 billion to advance the frontiers of research and education in science and engineering. The budget request includes an increase of $439 million, or 7.9 percent, over FY 2006. At this level, NSF can boost the momentum of discovery in areas of exceptional promise and move aggressively to capitalize on emerging opportunities. This is real science frwarded by a real champion of science -- Chairman Boehlert.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com