NOAA Chief Tells Lawmaker: No One Will ‘Coerce the Scientists Who Work for Me’
The Obama administration is continuing to resist efforts by a top House Republican to gain access to the internal deliberations of federal scientists who authored a groundbreaking global warming study the lawmaker is investigating.
In response to a threat from House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) to subpoena Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told Smith in a letter Friday that her staff is not influenced by anyone’s political agenda.
“I have not or will not allow anyone to manipulate the science or coerce the scientists who work for me,” Sullivan wrote.
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