Remove Congressman Paul Broun from the United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Petition Signatures: ~8,700
“All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology, Big Bang theory -- all that is lies straight from the pit of hell,” congressman Paul Broun (R-GA) said in October. He continued, “There are a lot of scientific data, that I’ve found out as a scientist [Broun holds an M.D.], that actually show that this is really a young Earth. I don’t believe that’s Earth’s but about 9,000 years old.”
Filed Jan. 18, this petition suggests that Broun’s preference for religious teachings affects the decisions he makes as a member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
That’s right: Broun is a member of the congressional committee that oversees non-defense federal research at agencies like NASA, NOAA, NSF, and USGS. In 1958, congress created the committee’s predecessor -- the House Committee on Science and Astronautics -- after the Soviets launched Sputnik 1. One of the committee’s first acts was to create NASA. Over the years, its reach expanded to include environment, alternative energy sources, weather, and atomic energy research programs.
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