Democratic lawmakers are demanding that the Trump administration explain its reasons for firing every member of the National Science Foundation’s advisory board.
Members of the House and the Senate today simultaneously submitted letters to President Donald Trump condemning the move, which they referred to as the latest attack in an ongoing White House assault on U.S. science.
“This is a clear escalation of your war on American scientific excellence,” said the letter from House Democrats, signed by 31 lawmakers led by California Rep. Zoe Lofgren, ranking member of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee.
The letter demanded that Trump reinstate all 22 terminated members of the advisory board “so they can resume their vital work in providing steady, expert advice to the National Science Foundation.”
