What Happened: On January 22, the Trump Administration indefinitely canceled a wide range of federal advisory committee meetings, including those reviewing grants and science funding and providing scientific advice to government agencies.
“The new administration wants to fill all the committees with people who already accept the President’s view rather than hear from independent experts. The whole basis of independent committees is to obtain scientific information from a range of sources and experience. This administration is dismissive of the very idea of ‘independence’.”
Exactly. The new executive branch is not interested in finding facts. They are only interested in things that support what they already believe.
“The new administration wants to fill all the committees with people who already accept the President’s view rather than hear from independent experts. The whole basis of independent committees is to obtain scientific information from a range of sources and experience. This administration is dismissive of the very idea of ‘independence’.”
Exactly. The new executive branch is not interested in finding facts. They are only interested in things that support what they already believe.