NASA budget: GOP committee wants to slash and burn Earth Sciences.

So cut the NASA budget to study the earth especially climate which has long been a NASA mission. Once they can't study it, then the GOP can say, well there is not good data, the science is not settled, etc.

And of course sneak the language change into the bill at the last minute as you know you don't want a discussion of the merits, or perhaps you just were awaiting the marching orders from your masters.
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