A little over a week ago, on the 17th of July to be exact, the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee and the Energy and Environment Subcommittee of the House Committee on Science and Technology held hearings on the Department of Energy's decision to withdraw funding from the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory.1 The subcommittees currently have another hearing scheduled for next Wednesday, the 1st of August.
Here are a couple of paragraphs from the subcommittee's press release after the July 17th hearing:
Dr. Ward Whicker of Colorado State University, a radio-biologist and the winner of DOE’s prestigious Lawrence Prize, testified today about the importance of SREL’s research to a wide scientific community.
“I fully believe that shutting down the SREL is a serious mistake that is not in the national best interest,” said Dr. Whicker. “I sincerely hope that this is realized before it is too late, and that funding for the laboratory can be restored.”
The subcommittees also provide links to additional press releases, DOE responses to requests for information about SREL, letters from Nick Lampson (D-TX) and Brad Miller (D-NC) to DOE officials about SREL, and a letter from Brad Miller to the President of the University of Georgia.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution carried an Associated Press report on the hearing.
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