Talking Science with the House Committee Chair
6:33 minutes
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, discusses the nation’s top science priorities, including the importance of research on how to protect Earth from dangerous asteroids. But in a tight budgetary climate, who will pay?
What science questions would you ask Congress?
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, will join us to discuss the nation’s top science priorities.
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