Bridenstine, Rep 3%

=aha? other deniers get MIC $ thus not vulnerable to public pressure?<a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/jim-bridenstine">https://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/jim-bridenstine</a>not in office life 3%
2018<div id="roll-call-vote-title" class="grey" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bridenstine Confirmation (NASA Administrator)</div><div id="roll-call-vote-specifics" class="grey" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Senate Roll Call Vote 80</div><div id="roll-call-vote-issues" class="grey" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Issue: Climate Change</div><div id="roll-call-vote-summary" class="grey" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div class="field field-name-field-description field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div class="field-items" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><div class="field-item even" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><p style="font-weight: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.3;">The Senate considered President Trump’s nomination of Representative Jim Bridenstine for administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Bridenstine’s extreme views of NASA’s mission, his voting record, his many scientifically inaccurate statements, and his lack of qualifications make him an unacceptable choice for NASA administrator. His voting record is at odds with NASA’s mission and shows a history of opposition to science-based environmental standards and support for weakening agencies’ use of science in decision-making. <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.3;">As recently as 2016, Bridenstine sought to change the mission of NASA by authoring legislation that essentially stripped out Earth Science and Earth Observing Missions. Scientists, researchers, and individuals across the country rely on this data and the continuity of its collection to understand, forecast, and respond to changes in land use, pollutant emissions, atmospheric chemistry, weather and climate, and other phenomena. On April 19, the Senate confirmed Bridenstine to be administrator of NASA by a vote of 50-49 (Senate roll call vote 80). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.</div></div></div></div>=2018<div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber540231" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">101<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle540231" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; 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width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">99<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle539799" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2018-99-delaying-public-health-protections-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;">Delaying Public Health Protections</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues539799" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">699<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle524814" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2017-699-anti-environmental-tax-bill-opens-drilling-arctic-refuge" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;">Anti-Environmental Tax Bill that Opens Drilling in the Arctic Refuge</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues524814" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear523405" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber523405" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear517263" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber517263" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">528<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle517263" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2017-528-anti-environmental-spending-bill" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;">Anti-Environmental Spending Bill</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues517263" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Other<span class="voteChoice vote-miss" id="voteChoice517263" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" miss-vote-icon-20.png="miss-vote-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear522970" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber522970" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">497<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle522970" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2017-497-undermining-national-ocean-policy" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;">Undermining the National Ocean Policy</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues522970" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Oceans<span class="voteChoice vote-miss" id="voteChoice522970" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" miss-vote-icon-20.png="miss-vote-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear516393" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber516393" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear515958" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber515958" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear517698" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber517698" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear516828" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber516828" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear513783" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber513783" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">479<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle513783" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2017-479-undermining-protections-chesapeake-bay" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;">Undermining Protections for the Chesapeake Bay</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues513783" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear515523" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber515523" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear512913" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber512913" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear509332" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber509332" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear510637" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber510637" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear509767" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber509767" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Climate Change<span class="voteChoice vote-pro-env" id="voteChoice509767" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 18px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" pro-env-icon-20.png="pro-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear508897" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber508897" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 100px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">352<span class="voteTitle" id="voteTitle508897" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 205px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;"><a href="https://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/2017-352-california-water-resources" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: none transparent; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; overflow: visible; appearance: none; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: all; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;">California Water Resources</a><span class="voteIssues" id="voteIssues508897" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Water<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice508897" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear507924" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber507924" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Water, Lands/Forests<span class="voteChoice vote-anti-env" id="voteChoice507924" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; background: url(" sites="sites" all="all" themes="themes" lcv_scorecard="lcv_scorecard" images="images" anti-env-icon-20.png="anti-env-icon-20.png" auto="auto" px="px" no-repeat="no-repeat" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" text-overflow="text-overflow" ellipsis="ellipsis" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" width="width" display="display" block="block" height="height" float="float" left="left" margin-right="margin-right" important="important"> </div><div class="tableRow dataItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear507491" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber507491" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear506858" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber506858" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; height: 32px; clear: both; width: 680px; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="voteYear" id="voteYear506427" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 110px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">2017<span class="voteNumber" id="voteNumber506427" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; display: block; height: 32px; float: left;">Wildlife, Lands/Forests</div>=omfgapr 10, 2018Former NASA Administrator Jim BridenstineEditor's note: Jim Bridenstine resigned as NASA's administrator on Jan. 20, 2021. This biography will be kept online as a historical record, but it will no longer be updated. It was accurate at the time of posting.Jim Bridenstine was nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the 13th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. As administrator, he has led NASA in advancing American aeronautic, science, and space exploration objectives since April 23, 2018.Under Bridenstine’s leadership, NASA launched its new human lunar exploration mission, the Artemis program. As announced by Vice President Mike Pence in March 2019, the Artemis program will land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the Moon by 2024, the first human landing since the end of NASA’s Apollo missions in 1972. Through the Artemis program, NASA is developing the Orion crew capsule and the Space Launch System, the most powerful rocket ever built. These state-of-the-art systems will help build the Gateway, a lunar orbiting space station that will give American astronauts more access to the surface of the Moon than ever before. As directed by President Trump, all lunar exploration efforts under Artemis are designed to prove our technology and perfect our capabilities to live and work on a different world in preparation for a future crewed mission to Mars.
Bridenstine has managed the continued commercial resupply of the International Space Station and has led agency efforts to partner with American businesses on the Commercial Crew Program. This program seeks to once again launch American astronauts on American rockets from American soil, something not done since the end of the Shuttle program in 2011. Additionally, Bridenstine established the Commercial Lunar Payload Services Program to partner with private enterprise in landing rovers on the lunar surface. These rovers will contain tools and science experiments in preparation for the arrival of American astronauts.
During Bridenstine’s tenure, the agency has reinforced aeronautic development of the X-59, a quiet supersonic aircraft, and the X-57, the agency’s first all-electric airplane. He has also backed NASA’s aeronautical innovators to develop the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management to facilitate the safe use of drones for commercial enterprise and in everyday life. The agency’s dynamic science portfolio under Bridenstine includes a life-seeking Mars rover scheduled to launch in July 2020, enhancing the nation’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites and final preparations of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Prior to serving at NASA, Bridenstine was elected in 2012 to represent Oklahoma’s First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served on the Armed Services Committee and the Science, Space and Technology Committee.Bridenstine’s career in federal service began in 1998 as a pilot in the U.S. Navy, flying the E-2C Hawkeye off the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. It was there that he flew combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and accrued most of his 1,900 flight hours and 333 arrested landings on an aircraft carrier. He later moved to the F-18 Hornet and flew at the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, the parent command to TOPGUN.After transitioning from active duty to the U.S. Navy Reserve, Bridenstine returned to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to be the executive director of the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium.Bridenstine completed a triple major at Rice University and earned his MBA at Cornell University. He and his wife, Michelle, have three children.
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</div>=<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine</a>james Frederick Bridenstine (born June 15, 1975) is an American military officer and politician who served as the 13th <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_administrators_and_deputy_administrators_of_NASA" class="mw-redirect" title="List of administrators and deputy administrators of NASA" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">administrator</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="National Aeronautics and Space Administration" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</a> (NASA). Bridenstine was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">United States representative</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Oklahoma's 1st congressional district" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Oklahoma's 1st congressional district</a>, based in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulsa" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Tulsa</a> from January 3, 2013, to April 23, 2018. He is a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Republican Party</a>. Bridenstine currently works in the private sector and holds positions at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Space_Holdings" class="mw-redirect" title="Voyager Space Holdings" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Voyager Space Holdings</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viasat(American_company)" title="Viasat (American company)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Viasat</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Growth_Companies" class="mw-redirect" title="Acorn Growth Companies" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Acorn Growth Companies</a>.On September 1, 2017, President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Donald Trump</a> nominated Bridenstine to be the Administrator of NASA; he was confirmed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. Senate</a> on April 19, 2018, by a party-line vote of 50–49. Bridenstine was on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Science,Space,and_Technology" title="United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Committee on Science, Space and Technology</a> during his time in Congress. He is the first elected official to be appointed NASA Administrator.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a>Bridenstine stepped down as the head of NASA on January 20, 2021, to make way for a new leader in the Biden Administration.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-30_month_tenure-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a> Former Senator and astronaut <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nelson" title="Bill Nelson" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bill Nelson</a> was announced on March 19, 2021, as his chosen successor.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a>
<div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); padding: 7px; display: table;"><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#Early_life_and_education" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Early life and education</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#Early_career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2Early career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#U.S.House_of_Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3U.S. House of Representatives</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#Elections" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.1Elections</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#2012" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.1.12012</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#2014" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.1.22014</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#2016" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.1.32016</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#Committee_assignments" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.2Committee assignments</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#Ethics_investigation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.3Ethics investigation</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#NASA_administrator" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4NASA administrator</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#Nomination" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.1Nomination</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#Space_Launch_System" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.2Space Launch System</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#Private_space_companies" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.3Private space companies</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#Artemis_program" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.4Artemis program</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#Post-public_career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5Post-public career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#Political_positions" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">6Political positions</a><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#Space" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">6.1Space</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#Environment_and_climate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">6.2Environment and climate</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#Personal_life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">7Personal life</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">8References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">9External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early life and education[</h2>Bridenstine was born on June 15, 1975, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Arbor,Michigan" title="Ann Arbor, Michigan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ann Arbor, Michigan</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a> He grew up in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,Texas" title="Arlington, Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Arlington, Texas</a>, the son of an elementary school teacher and an accountant,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:8-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> where he became an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Scout(Boy_Scouts_of_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Eagle Scout</a>.His family moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa,Oklahoma" title="Tulsa, Oklahoma" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a>, during his junior year of high school, and during his senior year he was captain of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenks_High_School" title="Jenks High School" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jenks High School</a> swim team and Oklahoma Swimmer of the Year;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:8-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> as of mid-2016, was one of a team of four that held the Oklahoma state record in the 200-meter freestyle relay for age group 17–18.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a>Bridenstine graduated from Jenks High School in 1993,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:9-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a> and earned a scholarship to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_University" title="Rice University" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Rice University</a> in Houston, Texas, but injured his shoulder during his second year; he took five years to graduate,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:8-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> in 1998. He triple majored with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bachelor of Arts</a> in Economics, Psychology, and Business. He later received a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%27s_in_Business_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Master's in Business Administration" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Master's in Business Administration</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Cornell University</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a> awarded in 2009.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:10-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Early career[</h2>Bridenstine joined the Navy in May 1998,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:11-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a> after graduating from Rice University.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:8-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> He was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Aviator" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Naval Aviator</a> in both the active duty <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United States Navy</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Naval Reserve" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United States Naval Reserve</a>. He flew the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-2C" class="mw-redirect" title="E-2C" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">E-2C</a> Hawkeye aircraft as part of a carrier air wing with the U.S. Navy and in Central and South America in support of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Drugs" class="mw-redirect" title="War on Drugs" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">War on Drugs</a> with the Naval Reserve. He later moved to the F-18 Hornet and flew at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Strike_and_Air_Warfare_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center</a>, in Nevada<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a>In 2006, Bridenstine bought stock in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Racing_League" title="Rocket Racing League" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Rocket Racing League</a> (RRL),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:12-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a> which planned to begin races in 2008. In January 2007, he met with Tulsa city officials, asking for support for establishing a team in that city,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:9-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a> and later in 2007 he invested in an RRL team.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:12-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a>In 2007, after the end of his active duty in the Navy, Bridenstine moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando,Florida" title="Orlando, Florida" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Orlando, Florida</a>, where he worked at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyle_Laboratories" title="Wyle Laboratories" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Wyle Laboratories</a>, a defense consulting firm.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:10-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a> In 2008, Bridenstine and his family moved back to Tulsa to be closer to his family,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:8-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> and he became the chief pilot for the Tulsa team of the RRL.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a>In December 2008, Bridenstine became the executive director of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_Air_and_Space_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Tulsa Air and Space Museum" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Tulsa Air and Space Museum</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:11-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a> In November 2009, he proposed to the head of RRL that the league put on an air show in Tulsa,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:12-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a> and in February 2010 the museum announced that it would partner with RRL for the show.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a> The April 2010 show attracted around 40,000 spectators,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a> but lost $330,000, and overall fundraising events for the museum for 2010 lost $400,000.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:8-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> Bridenstine left the executive director's position in August 2010, along with the museum's financial controller and the director of marketing.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a>In 2010, Bridenstine began serving in the Navy Reserve. In 2015, two years after become a U.S. Representative, he transferred his Reserve commission and joined the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_Air_National_Guard" title="Oklahoma Air National Guard" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Oklahoma Air National Guard</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">U.S. House of Representatives[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_Bridenstine&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">e</a></h2><div class="thumb tleft" style="float: left; clear: left; width: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 1.4em 1.3em 0px;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; padding: 3px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); width: 172px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jim_Bridenstine,official_portrait,113th_Congress.jpg" class="image" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Jim_Bridenstine%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg/170px-Jim_Bridenstine%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="222" class="thumbimage" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Jim_Bridenstine%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg/255px-Jim_Bridenstine%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Jim_Bridenstine%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg/340px-Jim_Bridenstine%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="3700" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /></a><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; border: 0px;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jim_Bridenstine,official_portrait,113th_Congress.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("/w/resources/src/mediawiki.skinning/images/magnify-clip-ltr.svg?8330e"); display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; user-select: none;" /></div>Bridenstine's official congressional portrait, 2013</div></div></div><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Elections[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_Bridenstine&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Elections" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2012[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_Bridenstine&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2012" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h4><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oklahoma#District_1" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma § District 1</a></div>In September 2011, Bridenstine launched a campaign to unseat five-term incumbent U.S. Congressman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sullivan(Oklahoma)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Sullivan (Oklahoma)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">John Sullivan</a>. Bridenstine won the June 2012 Republican primary election with 54% of the vote. Although he identified with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement" title="Tea Party movement" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Tea Party</a> and was perceived as running to Sullivan's right, Bridenstine's actual policy statements differed little from those of Sullivan.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[20]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a>Bridenstine had effectively clinched a seat in Congress by ousting Sullivan in the Republican primary. The 1st is a heavily Republican district with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index" title="Cook Partisan Voting Index" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Cook Partisan Voting Index</a> of R+16, and has been in Republican hands since 1987. In the November 2012 general election, Bridenstine defeated Democratic nominee John Olson 63%–32%, winning all five counties in the district.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[22]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2014[</h4><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" style="padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oklahoma#District_1" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma § District 1</a></div>Bridenstine ran unopposed in the 2014 election. His top campaign contributors were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Northrop Grumman</a>, Latshaw Drilling, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Optometric_Association" title="American Optometric Association" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">American Optometric Association</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United(organization)" title="Citizens United (organization)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Citizens United</a> and the Every Republican is Crucial Political Action Committee.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-crp-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a> He received $29,000 from donors associated with the Turquoise Council of Americans and Eurasians and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_of_the_Friends_of_Azerbaijan" title="Assembly of the Friends of Azerbaijan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Assembly of the Friends of Azerbaijan</a> (AFAZ), per an analysis of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSecrets" title="OpenSecrets" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">OpenSecrets</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-crp2-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[24]</a><h4 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2016[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_Bridenstine&action=edit&section=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: 2016" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">
</a></h4>Bridenstine retained his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2016 election.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a> Following the 2016 presidential election, Bridenstine was viewed as a possible candidate for either NASA administrator or Secretary of the Air Force under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="Presidency of Donald Trump" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Donald Trump administration</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[26]</a> Bridenstine had already declared that he would not run for re-election in 2018 after making a three-term pledge.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[27]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Committee assignments[</h3>Bridenstine sat on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Committee on Armed Services</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Science,Space_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Committee on Science, Space and Technology</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/113th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="113th Congress" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">113th</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[28]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/114th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="114th Congress" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">114th</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[29]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/115th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="115th Congress" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">115th Congresses</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[30]</a>Within the Armed Services Committee, Bridenstine has sat on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Seapower_and_Projection_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[31]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Strategic_Forces" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Strategic Forces</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[32]</a> Within the Science Committee, Bridenstine has sat on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Science_Subcommittee_on_Environment" title="United States House Science Subcommittee on Environment" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Environment</a> (Chairman)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[33]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Science_Subcommittee_on_Space" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Science Subcommittee on Space" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Space</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-34" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[34]</a> He is a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Caucus" title="Freedom Caucus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Freedom Caucus</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:5-35" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[35]</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Baltic_Caucus" title="House Baltic Caucus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">House Baltic Caucus</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-36" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[36]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ethics investigation[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jim_Bridenstine&action=edit&section=9&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Ethics investigation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>Bridenstine's amendment to the defense appropriations bill came following a visit to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Baku</a> upon invitation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOCAR" title="SOCAR" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic</a> for ten members of Congress and 32 staff members; the visit became the subject of an ethics investigation.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:6-37" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[37]</a> The members received numerous gifts during the trip totaling thousands of dollars in value. In 2013, Bridenstine returned two of the gifts (a pair of rugs worth several thousand dollars) to the donor; he had been the only lawmaker to disclose gifts from the trip on his financial disclosure forms.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:6-37" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[37]</a> In 2015, he turned over remaining gifts received during the trip to the House Clerk, around the time that a watchdog report that indicated that the source of the funding for the trip had not been properly declared.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:7-38" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[38]</a> The OCE and House Ethics committee found that lawmakers and aides had no way of knowing that the trip was funded improperly.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:7-38" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[38]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">NASA administrator[</h2><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; width: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; padding: 3px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); width: 222px;">
<div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; border: 0px;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bridenstine_Sworn_In_As_NASA_Administrator(NHQ201804230002).jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("/w/resources/src/mediawiki.skinning/images/magnify-clip-ltr.svg?8330e"); display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; user-select: none;" /></div>Bridenstine is sworn in as NASA's thirteenth administrator by Vice President Mike Pence. (2018)</div></div></div><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Nomination[</h3>On September 1, 2017, the White House announced that Bridenstine was President Donald Trump's preferred pick to head <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" title="NASA" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">NASA</a>. The choice was quickly criticized by both Republican and Democratic politicians, saying that NASA should be headed by a "space professional", not a politician or a Trump ally.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:4-39" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[39]</a> Critics drew attention to Bridenstine's lack of formal qualifications in science or engineering, unlike previous appointees to that post.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:0-40" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[40]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:3-41" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[41]</a> Florida Republican Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Marco Rubio</a> said that Bridenstine's political history could prove controversial and delay the confirmation process, saying "I just think it could be devastating for the space program", while Democratic Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nelson" title="Bill Nelson" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Bill Nelson</a>, also of Florida and a former Payload Specialist for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" title="NASA" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">NASA</a> who flew on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-61-C" title="STS-61-C" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">STS-61-C</a>, said "The head of NASA ought to be a space professional, not a politician."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-NASA1-42" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[42]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:3-41" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[41]</a> Nelson himself would be nominated to lead NASA by President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biden" class="mw-redirect" title="Biden" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Biden</a> in 2021.CNN found that Bridenstine's Facebook, YouTube and Twitter accounts had been entirely deleted, while most of the interviews on his Soundcloud were deleted, at a time when Congress would be examining his record for his confirmation hearing.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-43" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[43]</a>Bridenstine has criticized NASA spending on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climatology" title="Climatology" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">climate science</a> and has supported increased privatization of U.S. civil and military space activities.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:0-40" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[40]</a> According to NPR, Bridenstine's past <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_denial" title="Climate change denial" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">climate change denial views</a> "are sure to alarm scientists, because NASA conducts a huge amount of the global research on climate change."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:1-44" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[44]</a> NASA finds that climate-warming trends are "extremely likely due to human activities" and has written on its website that "the small amount of dissent tends to come from a few vocal scientists who are not experts in the climate field or do not understand the scientific basis of long-term climate processes".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:2-45" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[45]</a> Since his confirmation, Bridenstine has said that he agrees with the scientific consensus around human contributions to climate change.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-46" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[46]</a>Eric Stallmer, president of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Spaceflight_Federation" title="Commercial Spaceflight Federation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Commercial Spaceflight Federation</a>, said he was "very impressed with [Bridenstine's] deep knowledge of space technology issues and his record of strong leadership in promoting positive change."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-47" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[47]</a> The decision to pick Bridenstine was also praised by Senator Ted Cruz.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-Guarino-48" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[48]</a>According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Science (magazine)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Science Magazine</a>, "many expect that Bridenstine, who has written about the commercial potential of exploiting lunar resources, could shift the agency's emphasis [from its long-term mission of sending humans to Mars] toward the moon."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:4-39" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[39]</a> ABC News wrote that Bridenstine was in favor of both human missions to the Moon and Mars.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:2-45" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[45]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-49" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[49]</a>The U.S. Senate confirmed Bridenstine on April 19, 2018, by a party-line vote of 50–49.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-50" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[50]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-51" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[51]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-52" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[52]</a> He became the first member of Congress to lead NASA.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:2-45" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[45]</a> Bridenstine was sworn in by Vice President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Mike Pence</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Headquarters" title="NASA Headquarters" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">NASA Headquarters</a> building in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2018.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-53" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[53]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-54" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[54]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-55" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[55]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Space Launch System[</h3><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; width: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; padding: 3px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); width: 222px;">
<div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; border: 0px;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jim_Bridenstine_SLS_Core.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("/w/resources/src/mediawiki.skinning/images/magnify-clip-ltr.svg?8330e"); display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; user-select: none;" /></div>Bridenstine speaking in front of the SLS Core for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_1" title="Artemis 1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Artemis 1</a> mission (2019)</div></div></div>In March 2019, Mike Pence pushed NASA to land humans on the Moon in 2024 instead of the initially planned 2028.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-56" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[56]</a> Bridenstine stated that for it to happen, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System" title="Space Launch System" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Space Launch System</a> would need to be accelerated, along with various other aspects such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOP-G" class="mw-redirect" title="LOP-G" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">LOP-G</a>, an orbiting space station around the Moon. Bridenstine also considered commercial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy-lift_launch_vehicle" title="Heavy-lift launch vehicle" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Heavy-Lift</a> rockets such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_IV_Heavy" title="Delta IV Heavy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Delta IV Heavy</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy" title="Falcon Heavy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Falcon Heavy</a>. The idea was scrapped due to the logistical issue of docking an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion(spacecraft)" title="Orion (spacecraft)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Orion</a> and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Service_Module" title="European Service Module" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">European Service Module</a> and the aerodynamics of using a Falcon Heavy.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-Berger-57" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[57]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Private space companies[</h3><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; width: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; padding: 3px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); width: 222px;">
<div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; border: 0px;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Administrator_Visits_SpaceX_HQ(NHQ201910100019).jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("/w/resources/src/mediawiki.skinning/images/magnify-clip-ltr.svg?8330e"); display: block; text-indent: 15px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 15px; height: 11px; user-select: none;" /></div>Bridenstine, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Elon Musk</a> and NASA astronauts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Behnken" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Behnken" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Robert Behnken</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hurley" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas Hurley" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Douglas Hurley</a> in front of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_Dragon" class="mw-redirect" title="Crew Dragon" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Crew Dragon</a> capsule <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_Dragon_Endeavour" title="Crew Dragon Endeavour" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Endeavour</a> as it was being prepared for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_Dragon_Demo-2" title="Crew Dragon Demo-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Crew Dragon Demo-2</a> mission. (2019)</div></div></div>Bridenstine established a working relationship with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX" title="SpaceX" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">SpaceX</a> CEO and Founder <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk" title="Elon Musk" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Elon Musk</a>. Following the DM-1 mission in March 2019, Musk posited the need for humans to have a base on the Moon, to which Bridenstine responded, "that's the goal."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-Berger-57" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[57]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Artemis program[</h3>Bridenstine played a huge role in implementing President Trump's Space Policy Directive One and developed the planned architecture for a return to the Moon. Bridenstine later named the program the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program" title="Artemis program" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Artemis program</a>. Bridenstine also decided that the lunar lander for the Artemis program would be developed commercially similar to the model used for NASA's Commercial Crew Program.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-30_month_tenure-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-58" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[58]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Post-public career[</h2>Following the end of his tenure as NASA Administrator, Bridenstine returned to his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. On January 25, 2021, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGC_Aerospace%26_Defense#Acorn_Growth_Companies" title="AGC Aerospace & Defense" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Acorn Growth Companies</a> announced that he was hired as a dedicated senior advisor.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-59" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[59]</a>On April 1, 2021, Bridenstine joined the board of directors of satellite operator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viasat(American_company)" title="Viasat (American company)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Viasat</a> in his second private sector role since stepping down as NASA's administrator.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-60" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[60]</a>On April 7, 2021, Denver-based <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Space_Holdings" class="mw-redirect" title="Voyager Space Holdings" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Voyager Space Holdings</a>, which has been buying businesses to build a vertically integrated space exploration company, announced they had appointed Bridenstine to chair its advisory board. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Taylor(executive)" title="Dylan Taylor (executive)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Dylan Taylor</a>, chairman and CEO of Voyager, said Bridenstine's expertise would help guide the company's "aggressive and ambitious growth plan."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-61" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[61]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Political positions[</h2>While in Congress, Bridenstine was a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Caucus" title="Freedom Caucus" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">House Freedom Caucus</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:5-35" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[35]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Space[</h3>Bridenstine focused heavily on space policy during his tenure in Congress, stating "[o]ur very way of life depends on space, the way we communicate, the way we navigate, the way we produce food and energy, the way we conduct banking."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-62" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[62]</a> In April 2016 at the 32nd Annual Space Symposium, Bridenstine introduced H.R. 4945, the American Space Renaissance Act, comprehensive reform legislation with provisions affecting national security, civil, and commercial space policy.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-63" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[63]</a>In addition, Bridenstine proposed legislation related to the regulatory process overseeing certain non-traditional space activities,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-auto-64" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[64]</a> and helped secure funding for the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Commercial Space Transportation.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-auto-64" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[64]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-auto1-65" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[65]</a> Recognizing his efforts, in 2015 SpaceNews named Bridenstine as one of five game changers in the world in space.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-auto1-65" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[65]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Environment and climate[</h3>Before becoming the chief administrator of NASA, Bridenstine rejected the scientific consensus behind <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_climate_change" class="mw-redirect" title="Global climate change" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">global climate chang</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_climate_change" class="mw-redirect" title="Global climate change" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">e</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-NASA1-42" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[42]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:1-44" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[44]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-Guarino-48" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[48]</a> and in a 2013 speech on the House floor stated that global temperatures stopped rising ten years earlier.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-Guarino-48" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[48]</a> Bridenstine criticized the Obama administration for spending "30 times as much money" on climate science as on weather forecasting. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolitiFact" title="PolitiFact" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">PolitiFact</a> says of this claim that "Bridenstine does have a point that climate change research exceeds weather forecasting expenditures, but he’s overstated the discrepancy," and they rate the assertion as "mostly false".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-66" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[66]</a>In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/114th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="114th Congress" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">114th Congress</a>, Bridenstine was the Chairman of the Environment Subcommittee of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-67" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[67]</a> In that role, he pushed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration "... to integrate commercial data into its weather forecasting models."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-auto1-65" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[65]</a> In September 2016, NOAA awarded two contracts to private weather satellite firms to provide data for its use.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-68" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[68]</a>In 2017, Bridenstine supported <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Langevin" title="James Langevin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">James Langevin</a>'s legislation requiring the Defense Department to report on the effects of climate change on military installations and strategic battle plans.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-69" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[69]</a> According to journalist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Cowing" title="Keith Cowing" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Keith Cowing</a>, Bridenstine's support for the Langevin amendment "was widely seen as being instrumental in its passage."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-70" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[70]</a>By May 2018, Bridenstine had reversed his public position on climate change. At a town hall meeting in Washington D.C., Bridenstine said that "I fully believe and know that the climate is changing. I also know that we humans beings are contributing to it in a major way. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. We're putting it into the atmosphere in volumes that we haven't seen, and that greenhouse gas is warming the planet. That is absolutely happening, and we are responsible for it."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-71" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[71]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Personal life[</h2>On November 6, 2004, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth,Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Fort Worth, Texas</a>, Bridenstine married Michelle Deanne Ivory.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridenstine#cite_note-:10-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Reference</h2>=<div>ntbcw <span times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-variant-numeric="font-variant-numeric" normal="normal" font-variant-east-asian="font-variant-east-asian" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" white-space="white-space" pre-wrap="pre-wrap">Smith and Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) introduced the <span times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-weight="font-weight" font-variant-numeric="font-variant-numeric" normal="normal" font-variant-east-asian="font-variant-east-asian" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" white-space="white-space" pre-wrap="pre-wrap">Secret Science Reform Act 2014</div><div>
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</div><div>republican lawmakers on Tuesday pressed the Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) to reveal the “secret” scientific data behind controversial decisions.<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.4; margin: 20px 0px;"><div class="field-items" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, said the EPA has "raised suspicion" by not being open and transparent about its regulatory process. "Americans impacted by EPA regulations have a right to see the data and determine for themselves if the agency's actions are based on sound science or a partisan agenda," Smith said at the hearing. The science committee last week introduced legislation that would prevent the EPA from issuing new regulations without first disclosing the scientific research considered when drafting rules. The bill, introduced by Rep. <a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="188059" href="https://thehill.com/people/david-schweikert" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block; position: relative;">David Schweikert</a> (R-Ariz.), is known as the Secret Science Reform Act. Republicans say the bill would increase transparency and allow for scientists outside the agency to independently verify the results. "Everyone agrees that we need to protect the environment," said Smith, who spoke at the hearing even though he is not on the subcommittee. "But it should be done in a way that is transparent and honest." Democrats on the committee called the bill a ploy by Republicans to prevent the EPA from issuing regulations. Rep. <a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="186433" href="https://thehill.com/people/suzanne-bonamici" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block; position: relative;">Suzanne Bonamici</a> (D-Ore.), the ranking member on the panel, said the bill is "overly broad" and would "prevent the EPA from doing its job." "We share the common goal of transparency, but the issue is how do we accomplish that," Bonamici said. Ellen Silbergeld, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, testified that requiring the EPA to reveal the scientific information it uses to make rules is "unlikely to advance our confidence in the results of a study." "We need more information, and specifically we need more information disclosure from industry," Silbergeld said. "I call on them to tear down every wall that hides critically important information that is generated and held by industry." Rep. <a class="rollover-people-link" data-nid="186439" href="https://thehill.com/people/jim-bridenstine" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block; position: relative;">Jim Bridenstine</a> (R-Okla.) said the EPA has used "secret science" to push through controversial regulations for coal-fired power plants. "When the EPA uses secret science to justify regulations, everyone is worse off," he said. Bridenstine also mocked the EPA's attempt to regulate wood stoves. "My friend at the EPA has assured me that if you like your wood stove, you can keep it," he joked.</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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</div><div>FEBRUARY 10, 2016<h1 class="main_page_title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-weight: bolder; line-height: 1.2; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-transform: uppercase; padding: 2rem 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">H.R. 3293, THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST ACT</h1><a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-114hr3293rh/pdf/BILLS-114hr3293rh.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">H.R. 3293, the Scientific Research in the National Interest Act</a><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h1 id="page-title-sm" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; font-weight: bolder; line-height: 1.2; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-transform: uppercase;">KEY POINTS</h1><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Today, the House will consider H.R. 3293, the so-called “Scientific Research in the National Interest Act” requiring the National Science Foundation to publicly justify every research award granted according to how it meets specific, Republican-proposed criteria for benefiting the national interest.</li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">This bill is the latest in a long line of anti-science, anti-innovation bills from House Republicans. It imposes a new and inappropriate layer of political influence on the National Science Foundation’s merit-based review – burdening federal research and scientific discovery with narrow political concerns.  As Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson wrote in the <a href="https://twitter.com/postpolitics/status/697144962224365568" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Minority Views</a>:</li></ul>“Most Members of Congress lack the relevant expertise to fairly evaluate the merits or value of any particular grant…If we do not trust the Nation’s scientific experts to make that judgement on whether a scientific grant is worthy of funding or not, then who are we to trust?”  </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>  PPP rww 720<a rel="nofollow" target="blank" href="https://act.pfaw.org/go/83586?t=5&akid=16098%2E2556770%2ERz8EqG" style="text-align: -webkit-center; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Perry Joins Capitol Ministries Project to ‘Disciple’ Local Officials to Right-Wing ‘Biblical Worldview’</a><div class="mce-content-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><div class="layout-constrain--narrow" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 47.2222em; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; line-height: 1.5;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">Former Texas Gov. and U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is partnering with a religious-right effort to “disciple” 500,000 local officials into a conservative Christian “worldview” and shape public policies in 40,000 <span style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">U.S. localities. Perry’s undertaking was announced in a June letter to supporters of Capitol Ministries from the organization’s president <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/people/ralph-drollinger/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">Ralph Drollinger</a>, whose weekly Bible studies teach members of Trump’s Cabinet and the U.S. Congress that the Bible instructs public officials to support right-wing social, economic, environmental, and criminal justice policies.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">“I am passionate about Capitol Ministries’ efforts to reach today’s 500,000 elected local government leaders with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and disciple them with the Word of God, so they may form a Christian worldview in their hearts,” Perry is quoted in the Drollinger letter. “I see this effort as critically important. America’s ideological future hangs in the balance.”<p style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">Drollinger and Capitol Ministries have aggressive expansion plans in multiple directions. Drollinger has previously announced Capitol Ministries’ goal of establishing “discipleship” ministries in <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/group-that-runs-fundamentalist-bible-studies-for-cabinet-congress-growing-beyond-our-wildest-imaginings-globally/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">200 nations</a>, all 50 states, and all 40,000 localities in the U.S. With help from Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Capitol Ministries is expanding its presence among high-level officials in foreign capitals. Perry has become the group’s “spokesman for Local Government Ministries.”<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">As part of the partnership, Perry has begun emailing local officials offering to send them a weekly Bible study taken from Drollinger’s “Oaks in Office,” <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/a-how-to-guide-for-conservative-christian-public-servants-from-trump-cabinet-bible-study-teacher/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">a guidebook for conservative Christian public officials</a>.<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">“This is a critical time for our nation,” Perry declared in an <a href="https://capminlocal.org/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">invitation</a> included with Drollinger’s letter. “Spreading secularism is threatening to smother the very values that our founding fathers based out country upon—values that you and I hold very dear.”<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">Perry wrote that Capitol Ministries’ Bible studies that he participated in as a cabinet member were “in-depth, theologically sound and they drilled deep in Scripture.” He added, “They helped us all understand more about God, biblical truths, and what God expects of us as leaders.”<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">Drollinger’s letter affirmed that the studies being sent to local officials who respond to Perry’s emails “examine crucial policy issues through the timeless lens of God’s Word”—meaning scripture as interpreted by Drollinger.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">Drollinger is not humble about his approach to the Bible, dismissing those who interpret scripture and its demands differently than he does. He has <a href="https://capmin.org/theological-liberalism-in-america/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">demonstrated contempt for liberal Christians</a> and the “social gospel,” and he has described the Catholic Church as “<a href="https://capmin.org/resources/ministry-updates/capitol-ministries-responds-fake-news-la-times-others/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">one of the primary false religions in the world</a>.” He teaches that legislators who do not share his worldview cannot be counted on to do the right thing because, he has <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-cabinet-bible-study-leader-explains-the-depravity-of-non-christian-public-officials/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">written</a>, “the longer a person rejects Christ, the greater his depravity becomes.”<p style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">Drollinger’s Bible studies, which <a href="https://capmin.org/bible-studies/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">are available online</a>, instruct public officials that the <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-bible-study-leader-governments-job-is-to-quell-evil-and-punish-sin/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">government’s job is to “quell evil” and punish sin</a>; that “as a lawmaker <a href="https://capmin.org/the-bible-policy-capital-punishment/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">it is incumbent on you to stand for the death penalty</a>”; that <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/leader-of-trump-cabinet-bible-studies-aggressively-expanding-right-wing-proselytizing-to-government-officials/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">entitlement programs lack “any basis of biblical authority”</a>; that <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/epas-pruitt-hears-from-bible-study-leader-that-radical-environmentalism-is-a-false-religion/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">“radical environmentalism” is a “false religion.”</a> Drollinger recruits only men to run Capitol Ministries Bible studies, because he believes women are not permitted to teach men about the Bible.<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">In March, Drollinger <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-prayer-warrior-and-congressional-bible-study-teacher-pray-against-evil-pork-in-coronavirus-bill/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">complained</a> about “evil pork” in coronavirus relief legislation, fretting that unemployment benefits in the bill might be an “impetus to slothfulness” and “antithetical to free-market capitalism.”<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">Drollinger, who <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-cabinet-bible-study-pastor-ralph-drollinger-on-the-fallacy-of-christian-nationalism/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">insists that he is not a Christian nationalist</a>, tells Christian public officials that they should refuse to participate in interfaith “syncretistic” prayer breakfasts; syncretism refers to the blending of belief systems. <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/leader-of-trump-cabinet-bible-study-god-only-hears-prayers-of-righteous-christians/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">According to Drollinger</a>, “God only hears the prayers of leaders and citizens who are upright, who live righteously through faith in Jesus Christ.”<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">When Perry was a member of Trump’s cabinet and participating in Drollinger’s weekly Bible studies, other cabinet members called Perry the “<a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/bible-study-leader-wants-trump-cabinet-members-to-use-their-positions-to-spread-christianity/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">teacher’s pet</a>,” Drollinger told Intercessors for America’s prayer warriors in 2018. Perry was among the <a href="https://capmin.org/you-have-been-called-to-this-rick-perry-tells-cm-ministry-leaders-from-across-the-globe/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">featured speakers</a> at Capitol Ministries’ global training session for ministry leaders that was held at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. in December.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">Drollinger asked IFA’s intercessors to pray that cabinet officials would <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/bible-study-leader-wants-trump-cabinet-members-to-use-their-positions-to-spread-christianity/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">use their platforms to fulfill the “Great Commission”</a>—the biblical command by Jesus to his followers to “make disciples of all nations.” U.S. Secretary of Agriculture <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/agriculture-secretary-sonny-perdue-helps-trump-cabinet-bible-study-pastor-raise-money-from-agribusiness/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">Sonny Perdue</a> and Trump-appointed NASA Administrator <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-cabinet-members-raise-money-for-effort-to-convert-public-officials-to-fundamentalist-worldview/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">Jim Bridenstine</a> have both <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-cabinet-members-raise-money-for-effort-to-convert-public-officials-to-fundamentalist-worldview/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">raised money</a> for Capitol Ministries.<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">Drollinger’s letter asks for financial contributions to support the “massive effort” which, he wrote<span style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">, “will impact not only the eternal souls of local political leaders but the very future of the United States.”<p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.5;">Perry’s <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rick-perry-gods-choice-for-president-ends-campaign/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">ill-fated bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination</a> was unofficially launched with a prayer rally <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/the-response-organizers-say-rick-perry-is-an-answer-to-their-prayers/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">backed</a> by religious-right <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rick-perry-and-friends-meet-the-supporters-of-the-response-prayer-rally/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">leaders</a> and <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/the-response-organizers-say-rick-perry-is-an-answer-to-their-prayers/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">many</a> of the “apostles” and “prophets” who are now among Trump’s strongest supporters.<div class="at-below-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rick-perry-joins-capitol-ministries-project-to-disciple-local-officials-to-right-wing-biblical-worldview/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; line-height: 1.5;"><div class="layout-constrain--narrow" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 47.2222em; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="tags" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; border-top: 5px solid rgb(239, 243, 243); margin-bottom: 2em; padding-top: 1em;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; font-weight: 700;">Tags: <a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/people/ralph-drollinger/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">Ralph Drollinger</a><a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/people/rick-perry/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">Rick Perry</a><a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/topics/christian-nation/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">Christian Nation</a><a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/topics/church-state/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">Church-State</a><a href="https://www.rightwingwatch.org/organizations/capitol-ministries/" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.111111em; text-decoration-line: none;">Capitol Ministries</a></div></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.vox.com/2018/8/1/17639314/trump-science-adviser-kelvin-droegemeier-ostp" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">https://www.vox.com/2018/8/1/17639314/trump-science-adviser-kelvin-droegemeier-ostp</a></div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
</div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">hw hot is America right now? So hot that <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-appoint-personnel-key-administration-posts-16/" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; font-style: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">President Trump</a> picked a science adviser named Kelvin.</div><div class="c-entry-content " style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><p id="jTXdFz" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">With <a href="https://www.vox.com/2018/7/18/17561266/summer-2018-heat-wave-japan-texas-weather-health" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">heat waves</a> and <a href="https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/8/1/17637026/carr-fire-california-heat-wildfire-deaths" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">wildfires</a> scorching the western US, meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier, an expert on extreme weather, has been nominated to lead the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.<p id="Rht1hd" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">If confirmed by the Senate, Droegemeier would end the <a href="https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/2/14/17012322/trump-ostp-science-adviser-michael-kratsios" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">longest vacancy</a> in the 42-year history of the post. Currently, the highest-ranking science official in the White House is <a href="https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060073811" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">Michael Kratsios</a>, a 31-year-old political science grad who is a deputy assistant at OSTP.<p id="gah9bI" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">Kelvin Droegemeier is a great example of nominative determinism — where your name lines up with your job — as Kelvin is the name of a unit on the <a href="https://www.livescience.com/39994-kelvin.html" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">thermodynamic temperature scale</a> (one Kelvin is equal to one degree on the Celsius scale).<p id="bwQJ1q" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">He’s also is a well-respected extreme weather scientist. The 59-year-old is currently the vice president for research at the University of Oklahoma, where he’s researched storm forecasting for 30 years. His <a href="http://kkd.ou.edu/Droegemeier_Full_CV_2018.pdf" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">55-page CV</a> lists dozens of peer-reviewed papers and presentations at scientific meetings (“Identifying key parameters for anticipating tornadogenesis in simulated mesoscale storms using data mining,” reads one title).<p id="08e0RI" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">Previously, he was nominated by Presidents George W. Bush and Obama to serve on the <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">National Science Board</a>, which governs the National Science Foundation. He’s also testified as an expert witness in aircraft accidents and founded a company, <a href="https://www.weatherops.com/" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">Weather Decision Technologies Inc.</a><p id="qeUONq" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">Being the president’s science adviser isn’t a job that has precise boundaries. Mostly, it involves consulting the president on science for important policy decisions, like the future of nuclear energy in the United States or how to encourage more technology breakthroughs. The OSTP also coordinates across government, universities, and the private sector to advance the White House’s science agenda.<p id="mZL1fn" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">For climate researchers, the pick was a pleasant <p id="mZL1fn" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">surprise<p id="mZL1fn" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">hayoe twwet]<p id="mZL1fn" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">some of Trump’s other nominees for top science-related posts in government and some of the other names rumored to have been in the running for OSTP have had far less scientific credibility.In April, Trump selected <a href="https://www.vox.com/2018/4/18/17253560/nasa-administrator-jim-bridenstine-confirmation" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;">Jim Bridenstine</a>, a Republican Congress member from Oklahoma who hedged on humanity’s role in rising temperatures, to lead NASA. <a href="https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/stories/1060072945/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102); text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;">Kathleen Hartnett White</a>, a member of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, withdrew her nomination to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality in February. She said in a 2016 <a href="http://trpshow.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20GOP%20Platform%20is%20Right%20Coal%20is%20Clean%21" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">radio interview</a> that “There’s a real dark side of the kind of paganism, this secular, elite religion, now evidently being global warming.”<p id="TuPZOf" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">Previous potential picks to lead OSTP included emeritus Princeton University physicist <a href="https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060071869/" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">William Happer</a>, who has said, “<a href="https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060071869/" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">There is no problem from CO2</a>.” Another rumored nominee was the Yale University computer scientist <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/01/18/david-gelernter-fiercely-anti-intellectual-computer-scientist-is-being-eyed-for-trumps-science-adviser/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2cff16eda022" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">David Gelernter</a>, who downplayed humanity’s influence on global warming.<p id="ieTsY9" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">So science advocacy groups breathed a sigh of relief when the White House announced Droegemeier as the pick Tuesday evening. “Dr. Droegemeier is an extreme weather expert, a knowledge base that is becoming more and more important with climate change loading the dice as extreme weather becomes more prevalent, costly, and deadly,” wrote Michael Halpern, the deputy director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the <a href="https://blog.ucsusa.org/michael-halpern/at-long-last-president-trump-is-expected-to-appoint-a-science-adviser" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">Union of Concerned Scientists</a>.<p id="JORTEJ" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">Droegemeier’s former colleagues say his views on climate change align with those of most scientists. “I’m certain he believes in mainstream climate science,” Rosina Bierbaum, who worked on climate change issues with Droegemeier at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, told <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=66960X1516588&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fd41586-018-05862-y%3Futm_source%3Dtwt_nnc%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3Dnaturenews%26sf194640978%3D1&referrer=vox.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="blank" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">Nature</a>.<p id="1JrViv" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">If he gets the job, Droegemeier may have many opportunities to apply his extreme weather expertise in policymaking. Currently, many parts of the US are experiencing <a href="https://www.vox.com/2018/7/18/17561266/summer-2018-heat-wave-japan-texas-weather-health" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">extreme heat</a>. That’s led to <a href="https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/8/1/17637026/carr-fire-california-heat-wildfire-deaths" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">expansive wildfires</a>. The heat is also becoming increasingly <a href="https://www.vox.com/2018/7/27/17611940/heat-wave-2018-cost-workers-deaths-health-climate-change" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">costly for the economy</a>.<p id="ji8tjc" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">There are other scientific policy concerns that would benefit from a fully staffed OSTP, like the ongoing <a href="https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/7/31/17398914/opioid-epidemic-project-echo-new-mexico-addiction" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">opioid epidemic</a>.<p id="u4b35P" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">But according to John Holdren, who served as science adviser to Obama, the biggest obstacle for Droegemeier may be the president himself. “He will have many challenges in his new post, not [the] least of which that there is no evidence President Trump is interested in science,” he told <a href="https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/stories/1060091787/" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">E&E News</a>.<p id="EKCH8J" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: inherit; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px;">His first order of business will be to staff the rest of his office, which experienced <a href="https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1060058414/" style="text-decoration: inherit; font-weight: 600; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.1s ease 0s, background-color 0.1s ease 0s, fill 0.1s ease 0s; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-color: transparent !important;">major personnel cuts</a> to its energy and environment division last year.</div><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jim-bridenstine-nasa-confirmation_us_5ad8aab7e4b03c426dac081c">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jim-bridenstine-nasa-confirmation_us_5ad8aab7e4b03c426dac081c</a> no lnxPOLITICS 04/19/2018 02:42 pm ET Updated Apr 19, 2018Senate Confirms Climate Change Denier To Lead NASARep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) will take over control of the space agency after seven-month standoff.headshotBy Chris D’Angelo
CHIP SOMODEVILLA VIA GETTY IMAGES94k WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday narrowly confirmed Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.), a former Navy pilot with no scientific credentials and who doesn’t believe humans are primarily to blame for the global climate crisis, to lead NASA.
Bridenstine will become the first elected official to hold the NASA administrator job. He joins a Cabinet already loaded with people who question the near-universal scientific consensus that climate change is real and that human activity is the primary cause. 
The final vote ? which was 50-49 along party lines ? came one day after the Senate narrowly advanced Bridenstine’s nomination, thanks to an about-face from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and a key vote from Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.). Rubio, who in September told Politico that he worried about Bridenstine’s nomination “could be devastating for the space program,” said in a statement Wednesday that he decided to support the nominee in order to avoid “a gaping leadership void” at NASA.?@NASA Today, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Jim Bridenstine as our 13th administrator. Once sworn in, he will oversee our ongoing mission of exploration and discovery. Welcome to the NASA family!...Much like the procedural vote on Wednesday, which was temporarily deadlocked at 49-49, Thursday’s confirmation ultimately hinged on Flake, who voted in favor only after a bit of drama that included a long discussion with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and stepping out for a phone call, as CNN’s Manu Raju reports.  
Bridenstine will replace Robert Lightfoot Jr., who has been serving as acting administrator since previous NASA administrator, Charles Bolden Jr., resigned from his post in January. 
In a statement following Thursday’s vote, Bridenstine said he is humbled by the opportunity. “I look forward to working with the outstanding team at NASA to achieve the President’s vision for American leadership in space,” he said. 
The Senate confirmation comes more than seven months after President Donald Trump tapped Bridenstine for the post. Democrats skewered Bridenstine during the confirmation process, pegging him as “extreme” and unqualified to oversee a scientific agency with an annual budget of more than $18 billion. 
Echoing previous statements, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) said on the Senate floor Wednesday that he finds Bridenstine’s behavior in Congress “as divisive as any in Washington.” And he called Bridenstine’s previous comments about climate change “troubling.” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said before Thursday’s vote that it is “downright dangerous” to put someone without the appropriate expertise in charge of NASA.
“And quite frankly it is even more frightening to have a leader who has made a career out of ignoring scientific expertise,” he said. There is simply no excuse for voting for someone so unqualified to run NASA. They aren’t even bothering to make the argument that he will be a good administrator. They are just voting yes and getting out of town. For me this is a good reminder that elections have consequences.In a June 2013 speech, Bridenstine peddled a debunked argument made by climate change skeptics, claiming that global temperatures “stopped rising 10 years ago.” He said “the people of Oklahoma are ready to accept” an apology from then-President Barack Obama for what Bridenstine called a “gross misallocation” of funds for climate change research instead of weather forecasting.
Critics have also pointed to Bridenstine’s history of opposing equal rights for same-sex couples ? in 2013, he suggested LGBTQ people are sexually immoral ? and voiced concern about his ability to manage an agency of more than 17,000 employees. Bridenstine has no formal background in science or engineering.
The former Navy Reserve pilot previously served as executive director of the Air and Space Museum & Planetarium in Tulsa, Oklahoma. During his tenure, the nonprofit suffered financial losses, and an investigation by the Project On Government Oversight found that Bridenstine used the nonprofit’s resources to benefit a company he co-owned, according to a report from The Daily Beast this week. 
Republican lawmakers, including Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and James Inhofe (Okla.), have flocked to Bridenstine’s defense. 
On Wednesday, Cruz called Bridenstine a “strong leader” and said he could think of few people more inspirational or qualified. And he blasted “cynical politicians” for “attempting to malign his character.”
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Senator Ted Cruz?@SenTedCruz .@NASA will have that strong leader in Jim Bridenstine. Having spent his entire adult life in public service, first in combat as a fighter pilot, then in the House of Representatives, he is a principled and effective leader who I count as a dear friend.
46710:53 AM - Apr 19, 2018300 people are talking about thisTwitter Ads info and privacyIn a Twitter post, Inhofe said Bridenstine “has the experience to take our space program to new heights b/c of his background as an aviator, passion for space & work to modernize our nation’s space program.”
At his confirmation hearing in November, Bridenstine said NASA was “at a critical time in its history” and that he would build off the hard work of the previous administration. 
“Humanity is ready to go to deep space for the first time in 45 years,” he said. update/overview:
<a href="http://www.alternet.org/environment/jim-bridenstine-nasa-climate-change">http://www.alternet.org/environment/jim-bridenstine-nasa-climate-change</a>...As is the case for most politicians who mangle climate science to this degree, Bridenstein’s denial appears rooted in opposition to policy solutions. In a <a data-link="" href="http://www.omagdigital.com/publication/?i=307413&article_id=2500588&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5#{" issue_id="issue_id" view="view" articlebrowser="articleBrowser" article_id="article_id" name="in body link" id="in body link" style="text-decoration-line: none;">2016 interview</a>, he argued that climate policies will damage the American economy, and in 2013 he <a data-link="" href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jun/14/jim-bridenstine/rep-jim-bridenstine-says-us-spends-30-times-much-c/" name="in body link" id="in body link" style="text-decoration-line: none;">criticized the Obama administration for spending too much on climate science research</a>. Those comments, and Bridenstine’s beliefs about Nasa’s mission, may very well be the reason Trump nominated Bridenstein to lead the agency.Bridenstine and GOP don’t want NASA doing climate researchNASA does some of the best climate research in the world. For example, Nasa scientists published a <a data-link="" href="http://science.sciencemag.org/content/330/6002/356" name="in body link" id="in body link" style="text-decoration-line: none;">2010 paper in Science</a> showing that carbon dioxide is the principle control knob governing Earth’s temperatures, which directly <a data-link="" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/mar/28/trump-has-launched-a-blitzkrieg-in-the-wars-on-science-and-earths-climate" name="in body link" id="in body link" style="text-decoration-line: none;">contradicts recent assertions by members Trump administration</a> who have claimed otherwise.But Republicans have decided that they don’t want Nasa doing climate research. For example <a data-link="" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/mar/28/trump-has-launched-a-blitzkrieg-in-the-wars-on-science-and-earths-climate" name="in body link" id="in body link" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Trump’s proposed budget</a> would terminate four Nasa Earth science missions as part of a $102 million cut to the agency’s Earth science program. His space policy advisor <a data-link="" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/22/nasa-earth-donald-trump-eliminate-climate-change-research" name="in body link" id="in body link" style="text-decoration-line: none;">suggested eliminating Nasa’s climate and Earth science research</a> altogether. <a data-link="" href="http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/11/23/13730540/trump-nasa-climate-change-earth" name="in body link" id="in body link" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Republicans in Congress have been trying to slash Nasa’s Earth science budget for years</a>.Some Republican policymakers have suggested that the agency’s climate resesarch could be absorbed into NOAA, because they want <a data-component="auto-linked-tag" data-link="" href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/nasa" name="auto-linked-tag" id="auto-linked-tag" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Nasa</a> focused on space. The problem is that aside from the needless difficulty of shifting scientists and their research from one government agency to another, these policymakers aren’t proposing to increase Noaa’s budget to pay for that climate research. Quite the opposite – Trump’s proposed budget would also cut hundreds of millions of dollars from Noaa’s research funding.Currently, <a data-link="" href="http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:51%20section:20102%20edition:prelim)%20OR%20(granuleid:USC-prelim-title51-section20102)&f=treesort&edition=prelim&num=0&jumpTo=true" name="in body link" id="in body link" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Nasa’s institutional objectives</a> include “The expansion of human knowledge of the Earth and of phenomena in the atmosphere and space.” In Congress, <a data-link="" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4945/text#toc-H60AB63261FD244228E2BDDFC4D6A10F4" name="in body link" id="in body link" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Bridenstine introduced legislation</a> that would change that objective to “The expansion of the human sphere of influence throughout the Solar System.” Like his fellow Republicans, Bridenstine wants to shift NASA away from its world-class scientific research toward space exploration. ...omg
<div class="headline-container" style="margin-top: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h1 class="headline h1" style="margin: 10px; padding: 0px; position: relative; line-height: 31px;">Trump Nominates Climate Change Denier to Head NASA</h1></div><div id="utm_campaign" style="margin-top: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="body js-expandable clearfix js-listicle-body js-update-url" data-elid="2481724713" style="margin: 10px; line-height: 24px;"><div class="body-description" style=""><a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-watch/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">President Trump</a>'s intention to <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-statement-on-nomination-for-agency-administrator/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">nominate</a> Rep. <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/nasa-climate-change-2274296275.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Jim Bridenstine</a> of Oklahoma as the next administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (<a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/tag/nasa" style="text-decoration-line: none;">NASA</a>) has drawn controversy as the Republican congressman <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/tag/climate-denier" style="text-decoration-line: none;">denies</a> the human causes of <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a>."I would say that the climate is changing. It has always changed. There were periods of time long before the internal combustion engine when the Earth was much warmer than it is today," Bridenstine told <a href="http://www.omagdigital.com/publication/?i=307413&article_id=2500588&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5##{" issue_id="issue_id" view="view" articlebrowser="articleBrowser" article_id="article_id" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Aerospace America</a> in a 2016 interview. "Going back to the 1600s, we have had mini Ice Ages from then to now."Bridenstine—a veteran Navy combat pilot and member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee—is a proponent of space commercialization and introduced the <a href="http://spacerenaissanceact.com/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Space Renaissance Act</a> earlier this year. He also wants to send Americans <a href="https://bridenstine.house.gov/blog/?postid=758" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">back to the moon</a>.But NASA is not just a space exploration program—it also plays <a href="https://climate.nasa.gov/nasa_science/history/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">a major role</a> in global climate science, including "research on solar activity, sea level rise, the temperature of the atmosphere and the oceans, the state of the ozone layer, air pollution, and changes in sea ice and land ice. NASA scientists regularly appear in the mainstream press as climate experts," the agency states.When Bridenstine was asked if there was any data that would change his view that fossil fuels are not heating the planet, he sidestepped to the carbon emissions of China, Russia and India."The United States does not have a big enough carbon footprint to make a difference when you've got all these other polluters out there," he told Aerospace America. "So why do we fundamentally want to damage our economy even more when nobody else is willing to do the same thing?"Bridenstine confirmed to <a href="https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060050245" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">E&E News</a> in February that he was in the running for NASA chief and said that he was not committed to keeping climate research at the agency but may want to transfer the program to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), even though NOAA might not be <a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/02/15/515390569/the-trump-presidencys-potential-impact-on-climate-change" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">as well equipped</a> as NASA in studying climate change.During his <a href="https://bridenstine.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=127" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">speech on the House floor</a> in 2013, the freshman Rep. demanded an apology from President Obama for spending "30 times as much money" on climate change research than on weather forecasting. This claim is <a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jun/14/jim-bridenstine/rep-jim-bridenstine-says-us-spends-30-times-much-c/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">not true</a>."For this gross misallocation, the people of Oklahoma are ready to accept the president's apology," Bridenstine said, adding climate denier talking points that "global temperatures stopped rising 10 years ago" and that "global temperature changes, when they exist, correlate with sun output and ocean cycles."The Commercial Spaceflight Federation "<a href="http://www.commercialspaceflight.org/2017/09/csf-applauds-trump-administrations-strong-choice-nasa-leadership/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">applauded</a>" the choice, <a href="http://spacenews.com/bridenstine-faces-obstacles-to-senate-confirmation/" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">as well as Sen. Ted Cruz</a>.However, Trump's pick has attracted bipartisan criticism. As <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/09/05/trump-picks-climate-change-denier-lead-nasa" target="blank" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Inside Higher Ed</a> noted, previous NASA administrators have had extensive work experience in the agency or hold advanced scientific degrees, or both....</div></div>OMG<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jim-bridenstine-trump-nasa-pick-climate-change_us_59ae5ea8e4b0b5e531007b3a">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jim-bridenstine-trump-nasa-pick-climate-change_us_59ae5ea8e4b0b5e531007b3a</a><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/donald-trump" target="blank" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" donald="Donald" trump="Trump" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" http="http" www.huffingtonpost.com="www.huffingtonpost.com" topic="topic" donald-trump="donald-trump" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">Donald Trump</a> has finally made his choice for <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/nasa" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" nasa="nasa" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" http="http" www.huffingtonpost.com="www.huffingtonpost.com" topic="topic" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">NASA</a>’s next chief, but the nominee has been met with opposition from scientists and politicians on both sides of the aisle. </div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">Opponents argue that Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.), who must be confirmed by the Senate, is a poor choice for the NASA administrator’s job. The three main points of contention? He’s political, lacks scientific credentials and <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/04/548472775/trump-picks-oklahoma-congressman-to-head-nasa" target="blank" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" doubts="doubts" that="that" humans="humans" contribute="contribute" to="to" climate="climate" change="change" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" http="http" www.npr.org="www.npr.org" sections="sections" thetwo-way="thetwo-way" trump-picks-oklahoma-congressman-to-head-nasa="trump-picks-oklahoma-congressman-to-head-nasa" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">doubts that humans contribute to climate change</a>.</div><div class="content-list-component embed-asset bn-content-list-embed" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 40px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial; width: 705px;"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-error" align="center" data-twitter-extracted-i1504627670569704067="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 5px 0px 25px; padding: 15px 15px 15px 30px; border: none; line-height: 1.5em;">Trump named a politician who has denied climate change science and who has no scientific credentials...to run NASA.<a href="https://t.co/mQ4AuQZlnd" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" https="https" t.co="t.co" mq4auqzlnd="mQ4AuQZlnd" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">https://t.co/mQ4AuQZlnd</a><div style="text-align: left;">— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/904075066341773312" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" september="September" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" https="https" twitter.com="twitter.com" brianklaas="brianklaas" status="status" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit;">September 2, 2017</a></div></blockquote></div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">Florida’s two U.S. senators — Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Bill Nelson — already have <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/01/marco-rubio-bill-nelson-trump-nasa-jim-bridenstine-242269" target="blank" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" spoken="spoken" up="up" against="against" bridenstine="Bridenstine" s="s" nomination="nomination" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" http="http" www.politico.com="www.politico.com" story="story" marco-rubio-bill-nelson-trump-nasa-jim-bridenstine-242269="marco-rubio-bill-nelson-trump-nasa-jim-bridenstine-242269" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">spoken up against Bridenstine’s nomination</a>.</div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">“The head of NASA ought to be a space professional, not a politician,” Nelson told Politico.</div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">Bridenstine, 42, would be the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/02/science/jim-bridenstine-nasa-trump.html" target="blank" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" first="first" elected="elected" official="official" to="to" hold="hold" the="the" nasa="NASA" administrator="administrator" job="job" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" https="https" www.nytimes.com="www.nytimes.com" science="science" jim-bridenstine-nasa-trump.html="jim-bridenstine-nasa-trump.html" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">first elected official to hold the NASA administrator job</a>.</div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">Rubio told Politico the appointment “could be devastating for the space program.” </div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">“Obviously, being from Florida, I’m very sensitive to anything that slows up NASA and its mission,” Rubio said.</div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is located in Florida.</div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">Bridenstine, who first won his House seat in 2012, has no background in science or engineering. He is, however, a former Navy combat pilot and the former executive director of the Air & Space Museum & Planetarium in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has also repeatedly <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/2/16246760/trump-oklahoma-congressman-jim-bridenstine-nasa-administrator" target="blank" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" expressed="expressed" a="a" passion="passion" for="for" space="space" exploration="exploration" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" https="https" www.theverge.com="www.theverge.com" trump-oklahoma-congressman-jim-bridenstine-nasa-administrator="trump-oklahoma-congressman-jim-bridenstine-nasa-administrator" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">expressed a passion for space exploration</a>, and since 2016 has been a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.</div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">He’s a fan of commercial space travel, and has backed such efforts by companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin. He also wants to tackle the <a href="http://www.omagdigital.com/publication/?i=307413&article_id=2500588&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5#%7B" target="blank" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" problem="problem" of="of" space="space" debris="debris" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" http="http" www.omagdigital.com="www.omagdigital.com" publication="publication" i="307413&article_id=2500588&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5#%7B" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">problem of space debris</a> and to conduct more research <a href="https://bridenstine.house.gov/blog/?postid=758" target="blank" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" on="on" the="the" moon="moon" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" https="https" bridenstine.house.gov="bridenstine.house.gov" blog="blog" postid="758" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">on the moon</a>.</div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">Still, some of his foes worry that as NASA’s chief, he would rein in the agency’s work on climate change. </div><div class="content-list-component embed-asset bn-content-list-embed" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 40px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial; width: 705px;"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-error" align="center" data-twitter-extracted-i1504627670569704067="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 5px 0px 25px; padding: 15px 15px 15px 30px; border: none; line-height: 1.5em;">I present to you the guy Trump’s named to run NASA giving a speech on the House floor demanding Obama apologize for funding climate research <a href="https://t.co/6kEsv5casz" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" pic.twitter.com="pic.twitter.com" kesv5casz="kEsv5casz" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" https="https" t.co="t.co" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">pic.twitter.com/6kEsv5casz</a><div style="text-align: left;">— Ubadah Sabbagh (@Neubadah) <a href="https://twitter.com/Neubadah/status/904406067836321792" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" september="September" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" https="https" twitter.com="twitter.com" neubadah="Neubadah" status="status" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit;">September 3, 2017</a></div></blockquote></div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">Bridenstine has previously <a href="https://bridenstine.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=127" target="blank" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" criticized="criticized" the="the" amount="amount" of="of" money="money" nasa="NASA" spends="spends" on="on" climate="climate" research="research" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" https="https" bridenstine.house.gov="bridenstine.house.gov" news="news" documentsingle.aspx="documentsingle.aspx" documentid="127" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">criticized the amount of money NASA spends on climate research</a>. In 2013, he sponsored a bill seeking to <a href="http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/another-congressional-attack-climate-science" target="blank" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" slash="slash" funding="funding" to="to" the="the" climate="climate" change="change" studies="studies" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" http="http" www.syfy.com="www.syfy.com" syfywire="syfywire" another-congressional-attack-climate-science="another-congressional-attack-climate-science" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">slash funding to the climate change studies</a> conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">Astronomer and science blogger Phil Plait lambasted Bridenstine’s nomination in a post on Monday.“Climate change due to global warming is one of the greatest threats facing us as a species. The leader of the world’s premier space agency should <a href="http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/trump-to-nominate-climate-science-denier-rep-jim-bridenstine-as-nasas-chief" target="blank" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" at="at" the="the" very="very" bare="bare" minimum="minimum" be="be" willing="willing" to="to" admit="admit" it="it" exists="exists" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" http="http" www.syfy.com="www.syfy.com" syfywire="syfywire" trump-to-nominate-climate-science-denier-rep-jim-bridenstine-as-nasas-chief="trump-to-nominate-climate-science-denier-rep-jim-bridenstine-as-nasas-chief" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">at the very bare minimum be willing to admit it exists</a>,” said Plait.</div><div class="content-list-component embed-asset bn-content-list-embed" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 40px auto; padding: 0px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial; width: 705px;"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-error" align="center" data-twitter-extracted-i1504627670569704067="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 5px 0px 25px; padding: 15px 15px 15px 30px; border: none; line-height: 1.5em;">Trump is nominating a climate science denier to run NASA because of course he is. <a href="https://t.co/U27OCgJVQt" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" https="https" t.co="t.co" u27ocgjvqt="U27OCgJVQt" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">https://t.co/U27OCgJVQt</a><div style="text-align: left;">— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) <a href="https://twitter.com/BadAstronomer/status/904777157250920448" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" september="September" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" https="https" twitter.com="twitter.com" badastronomer="BadAstronomer" status="status" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit;">September 4, 2017</a></div></blockquote></div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">Bridenstine expressed his skepticism about the human factor in climate change during a <a href="http://www.omagdigital.com/publication/?i=307413&article_id=2500588&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5##%7B%22issue_id%22:307413,%22view%22:%22articleBrowser%22,%22article_id%22:%222500588%22%7D" target="blank" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" interview="interview" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" http="http" www.omagdigital.com="www.omagdigital.com" publication="publication" i="307413&article_id=2500588&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5##%7B%22issue_id%22:307413,%22view%22:%22articleBrowser%22,%22article_id%22:%222500588%22%7D" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">2016 interview</a> with Aerospace America magazine.</div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">The climate “has always changed,” he said. “There were periods of time long before the internal combustion engine when the Earth was much warmer than it is today.”</div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">The previous NASA administrator, Charles Bolden Jr., resigned from his post in January when Trump took office. Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot Jr. has been serving as acting administrator. It’s the longest the agency has gone without an official chief.</div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">Lightfoot said <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-statement-on-nomination-for-agency-administrator/" target="blank" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" in="in" a="a" statement="statement" friday="Friday" mpid="mpid" plid="plid" https="https" www.nasa.gov="www.nasa.gov" press-release="press-release" nasa-statement-on-nomination-for-agency-administrator="nasa-statement-on-nomination-for-agency-administrator" data-beacon-parsed="true" class="bn-clickable" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; box-shadow: rgb(13, 190, 152) 0px -2px 0px inset;">in a statement Friday</a> he was “pleased to have Representative Bridenstine nominated to lead our team.”</div><div class="content-list-component bn-content-list-text text" data-beacon="{" p="p" mnid="mnid" citation="citation" data-beacon-parsed="true" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; width: 705px; max-width: 720px; min-width: initial;">“Of course, the nomination must go through the Senate confirmation process, but I look forward to ensuring a smooth transition and sharing the great work the NASA team is doing,” Lightfoot said.</div><div class="related-articles related-articles--list" data-beacon="{" p="p" mlid="mlid" entry_middle="entry_middle" mnid="mnid" related_text="related_text" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto 23px; padding: 0px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); max-width: 720px; min-width: initial; width: 705px;"><h2 class="related-articlestitle" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 20px 0px 7px 25px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; font-weight: normal; visibility: visible; max-width: 400px;">RELATED...</h2><ul class="related-articleslist" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 25px 25px; padding: 0px; list-style: none; max-width: 500px;"><li class="related-articleslistitem" data-beacon="{" p="p" lnid="lnid" headline="headline" mpid="mpid" style="box-sizing: inherit; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$15,500</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$15,500</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">2</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000395&cycle=2016" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Harris Corp</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000395&year=2015" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00033532&cycle=2016&type=I" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$11,000</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$11,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">3</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000032739&cycle=2016" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">College Loan Corp</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$10,800</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$10,800</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">3</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Fischer Homes</td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$10,800</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$10,800</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">5</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000194&cycle=2016" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">American Optometric Assn</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000194&year=2015" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$10,000</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$10,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">5</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000026635&cycle=2016" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Intelsat Holdings</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000026635&year=2015" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00033532&cycle=2016&type=I" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$10,000</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$10,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">5</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000170&cycle=2016" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Northrop Grumman</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000170&year=2015" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00033532&cycle=2016&type=I" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$10,000</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$10,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">8</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000029158&cycle=2016" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Spirit Aerosystems</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$9,000</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$9,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">9</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Robert H Zoellner & Assoc</td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$8,100</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$8,100</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">10</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000186&cycle=2016" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Koch Industries</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000186&year=2015" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$8,000</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$8,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">10</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000104&cycle=2016" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Lockheed Martin</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000104&year=2015" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00033532&cycle=2016&type=I" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$8,000</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$8,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">12</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Aircraft Specialties Services</td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$7,900</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$7,900</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">13</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000025509&cycle=2016" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">DigitalGlobe</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000025509&year=2015" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$7,000</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$7,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">13</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000000100&cycle=2016" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Boeing Co</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000100&year=2015" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00033532&cycle=2016&type=I" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$7,000</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$7,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">13</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000067714&cycle=2016" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Orbital ATK</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000067714&year=2015" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00033532&cycle=2016&type=I" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Yes</a></td><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$7,000</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$7,000</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">16</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000031255&cycle=2016" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">AAON Inc</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$5,400</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$5,400</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">16</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Cox Building Co</td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$5,400</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$5,400</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">16</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Hcss</td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$5,400</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$5,400</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">16</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Heavy Construction Systems Specialists</td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$5,400</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$5,400</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">16</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Jim Norton Toyota</td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$5,400</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$5,400</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">16</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips.php?id=D000062851&cycle=2016" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; transition: background-color 150ms ease-in-out, border 150ms ease-in-out, color 150ms ease-in-out; text-decoration-line: none; display: inline-block;">Pelco Structural</a></td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$5,400</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$5,400</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit;"><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">16</td><td style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);">Scott William McEachin PC</td><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="center" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: center;" /><td class="number sorting_1" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$5,400</td><td class="number" style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0.88235rem 1.76471rem 0.88235rem 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: inherit; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); text-align: right;">$5,400

</td></tr></tbody></table>see schare E&Ehttp://science.house.gov/sites/republicans.science.house.gov/files/documents/HHRG-114-SY21-WState-B001283-20150326.pdfFor Immediate Release Media Contacts: Laura Crist, Zachary Kurz March 26, 2015 (202) 225-6371 Statement of Environment Subcommittee Chairman Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) Destruction of Records at EPA – When Records Must Be Kept Chairman Bridenstine: Time and time again, we have seen the Environmental Protection Agency, use the regulatory process to increase the federal government's authority and bypass Congressional intent, at the expense of states' rights. The EPA’s regulations have an enormous cost, stifling businesses, destroying jobs, and increasing the cost of living for Americans. The EPA seems to believe it should be able to operate without oversight. Just last week, this Committee helped usher through the House two bills that would simply require greater transparency and more balanced and public input into EPA’s rulemaking processes. Unfortunately, the President has threatened to veto both bills. Today’s hearing topic covers the same unfortunate theme. Federal archiving laws exist, as the Federal Records Act states, “to protect the legal and financial rights … of persons directly affected by the agency’s activities.” However, the EPA would have us believe that despite the fact that thousands of text messages are being sent and received, virtually none is important enough to qualify as a federal record and require preservation, and therefore can be deleted by the individuals sending and receiving them. If we, as representatives of the American people, people who are directly affected by EPA’s activities, are not provided with the information necessary to verify that the agency’s practices are fulfilling both the letter and the spirit of the law, how can we know that the agency isn’t getting rid of the very records it is required to preserve? EPA is once again refusing to comply with the Committee’s requests, necessitating the Chairman’s issuance of a subpoena yesterday to compel production. EPA’s refusal to turn over records and documents is yet another example of the lack of accountability and transparency that has become a hallmark of this agency in its dealings with Congress. We here in the House are not alone; members of the public who request information can expect the same. The Center for Effective Government recently released a report grading federal agencies on how responsive they are to FOIA requests, and the EPA received a “D.” Again, I believe that we here in Congress have a responsibility, on behalf of the people we represent, to oversee the actions of agencies like the EPA. This is important when those actions have such significant impacts on all of us, and particularly on my home state of Oklahoma. The EPA has a responsibility and an obligation to provide the information we have requested. I thank the witnesses for being with us today and look forward to their testimony....But the journey was only one of the benefits the lawmakers received from parties involved in planning the event. At least five of the lawmakers who attended the conference received tens of thousands of dollars since 2011 from board members and employees of the two nonprofits as well as individuals affiliated with several other Texas-based organizations linked to Gulen. Two of them sponsored bills that appear to benefit Azerbaijani natural gas interests and efforts to build a pipeline through the region.The trip to Baku was not a secret, nor was it on its face unusual. Lawmakers may take trips at others’ expense — as long as those picking up the tab aren’t foreign governments or lobbyists. The House Ethics Committee must approve the trips in advance, and did so in this case. But the nonprofits misrepresented themselves to the Ethics Committee and were actually funded by SOCAR, Azerbaijan’s state oil company, according to the Post‘s account of the ethics report. The lawmakers who took the trip – and whose travel costs ran into the tens of thousands of dollars each, including gifts like carpets and tea sets — have denied knowing the true source of the funding.Rauf Mammedov, SOCAR’s representative in the United States and a board member of AFAZ, told OpenSecrets Blog that it is true that his company funded AFAZ, but insisted it was never a secret.“SOCAR gave funds to AFAZ in 2013 and those funds were intended to help facilitate the conference,” Mammedov said. “In return, AFAZ was to ensure that SOCAR would be publicly and prominently identified as a main sponsor of the conference.” Mammedov also said that SOCAR does no lobbying.But Chris Rizek, an attorney representing AFAZ, said in a statement that AFAZ did not fund the congressional trips, and on travel disclosure forms it appears the Turquoise Council paid for the lawmakers to go to Baku. Representatives of the Turquoise Council did not respond to multiple requests seeking an interview as to the source of the money.Most of the members of the congressional delegation, including those whose travel was not covered by the nonprofits, seem to have had a long and friendly relationship with the Gulen movement and those interested in expanding oil and gas interests in the Caspian Sea region. OpenSecrets Blog analyzed donations made by board members of the two foundations, along with any identifiable family members, and directors and employees of several other nonprofit organizations with ties to the Gulen movement, and found hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to Congress and at least $196,000 to the campaigns of five members of the delegation to Baku since 2008.Taking an interest in AzerbaijanThe development of natural gas fields in the Caspian Sea involves an intersection of Turkish and Azerbaijani interests. While the conference was held in Baku, where SOCAR is based, the gas would have to travel via a pipeline through Turkey in order to make it to markets in Europe or elsewhere. In fact, many members of the congressional delegation traveled on to Turkey after the conference.The overlap between those involved in the two nonprofits that shuttled members of Congress to Baku and donors to the lawmakers adds a further element of intrigue to the story. Many of the donors, as well as the two nonprofits, appear to be affiliated with the religious and political movement associated with Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish imam who went into self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania in the late 1990s. Gulen, whose followers number in the millions worldwide, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have had an antagonistic relationship, particularly in the wake of a  corruption scandal that has weakened Erdogan’s administration.Shortly after returning from the conference, which took place on May 28-29, 2013, Rep. James Bridenstine (R-Okla.) sponsored an amendment to the annual defense appropriations bill that would have required the Department of Defense to issue reports on the strategic importance of natural gas interests in the Caspian Sea area and the value of building a pipeline out of the region.On June 13, a mere two weeks after the conference, his office issued not one, but two press releases proclaiming his support for the amendment.“Full exploitation of Caspian resources and pipeline diversification could have big implications for both NATO energy security and the political independence of the post-Soviet world,” Bridenstine’s press release claimed.The amendment — which was included in the final version of the bill passed by the House, but not the version ultimately signed into law — specifically called for the Department of Defense to submit “a detailed report on the implications of new energy resource development and distribution networks, both planned and under construction, in the areas surrounding the Caspian Sea for energy security strategies of the United States and NATO.”In December 2013, Bridenstine took a flurry of further actions to promote the idea of developing Caspian Sea natural gas interests.On Dec. 10, he published an op-ed in the Washington Times, in which he railed against Russia and declared that “rather than capitulate to Moscow’s bullying, Baku builds oil and gas pipelines that specifically avoid the trap of crossing into Russian territory.”“Fortunately, Azerbaijan’s energy boom – a genuine partnership with private enterprise – provides an additional way to ensure energy security,” Bridenstine wrote. “The United States should fully support Azerbaijan’s energy development so that Baku is not forced to choose between integrating with the West or being coerced into Vladimir Putin’s dreams of a new Russian imperium.”Bridenstine also argued that Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act of 1992 should be repealed. That language bans Azerbaijan from participating in a number of aid and economic programs open to other former Soviet republics. A waiver of the ban has been in place since 2001.Rep. James Bridenstine (R-Ohio) with Irina Akhoundova, AFAZ board member and president of Houston-Baku Sister City Association. (via HoustonBaku.org)Rep. James Bridenstine (R-Okla.) with Irada Akhoundova, AFAZ board member and president of Houston-Baku Sister City Association. (via HoustonBaku.org)On Dec. 15, Bridenstine visited the Azerbaijan Center in Houston for an event sponsored by the Houston-Baku Sister City Association — an organization run by Irada Akhoundova, a board member of AFAZ.On his disclosure forms, Bridenstine valued the Baku trip at more than $14,100. But that’s not all that came his way. In the 2014 election cycle alone, the Oklahoma congressman also received $29,000 from donors in the network associated with AFAZ or the Turquoise Council, an OpenSecrets analysis shows. There were 11 different donors, and all the money came in on three dates: three weeks before the Baku trip, on May 7, 2013; nine days after his op-ed, on Dec. 19, 2013; and Oct. 27, 2014.Bridenstine’s office said it did not have time to respond to questions on the subject. But others on the Baku trip also tried to bring Congress’s attention to development of natural gas interests in the Caspian Sea after their return.Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio), who attended the conference but, according to his office, was a speaker and did not have his expenses paid by AFAZ or Turquoise Council, has sponsored two House resolutions “[e]xpressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to promoting energy security of European allies through opening up the Southern Gas Corridor.” Specifically, the resolutions highlight the value of the pipeline sought by organizers of the Baku conference. The first iteration was sponsored on June 27, 2013, one month after the Baku conference.Seven of the 10 other members on the Baku trip, including Bridenstine, signed on as cosponsors to the first version, and four of the 10 signed on to the more recent one, which Turner sponsored in March.According to an OpenSecrets Blog analysis of Turner’s campaign finances, he has received at least $38,200 over his career from donors linked to AFAZ, Turquoise Council or the other Gulen-affiliated groups. Again, many of the donations came on the same date...http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2015/05/lawmakers-who-traveled-to-azerbaijan-urged-action-benefiting-state-oil-company-that-funded-trip/=Just a few days before Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) became the first official <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/03/22/3637312/6-extreme-views-presidential-hopeful-ted-cruz/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">candidate for president</a> in the 2016 election, he introduced <a href="https://scout.sunlightfoundation.com/item/bill/hr1487-114/american-energy-renaissance-act-of-2015" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">a bill</a> which, if enacted, would repeal all federal climate change regulation in the United States.The American Energy Renaissance Act, also sponsored in the House by Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), seeks to prevent the federal government from regulating greenhouse gas emissions through any of its executive agencies, particularly the Environmental Protection Agency. It would do so by expressly forbidding any efforts to fight climate change under five laws — The Clean Air Act, The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, The Endangered Species Act, and The Solid Waste Disposal Act.Additionally, if the bill became law, the government would not be able to use the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, or sulfur hexafluoride. All current attempts to regulate carbon pollution by the EPA would be repealed. That includes <a href="http://www2.epa.gov/carbon-pollution-standards" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">controversial proposed rules</a> to limit carbon pollution from new and existing power plants, but also seemingly includes highly successful and relatively uncontroversial measures like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Average_Fuel_Economy" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">fuel economy standards for cars</a>.<div id="in-content-ad" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 22.44px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“Proposals to regulate greenhouse gases are very expensive and threaten hundreds of thousands of jobs,” a <a href="http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2267" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">statement</a> on Cruz’s website announcing the bill reads. “The authority to regulate such gases should only occur with explicit authority from Congress.”Interestingly enough, all the laws that give executive agencies authority to regulate greenhouse gases were given that authority by Congress. Indeed, the Clear Air Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and all the other laws cited in the bill were passed by Congress. Republicans opposed to climate regulation have argued that the Clean Air Act does not allow for regulation of carbon emissions — however, the Supreme Court has<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_v._Environmental_Protection_Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">affirmed</a> that it does.The American Energy Renaissance Act is a sprawling piece of energy legislation, and includes much more than just a few attempts to gut the Clean Air Act and U.S. climate policy. The bill also includes provisions to approve the Keystone XL pipeline; to increase drilling on public lands like national parks and forests; to prevent federal regulation of fracking; and to end the ban on crude oil exports. Cruz introduced a nearly identical piece of legislation <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/10/3272871/ted-cruz-energy/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">last year</a>.Naturally, all these policies would have the effect of drastically increasing greenhouse gas emissions, which the vast majority of scientists agree cause climate change.Cruz, however, has been consistently adamant that humans don’t cause climate change — a position that has only gotten more extreme since he announced his presidential run. Just this week, Cruz said that most climate scientists and those who accept their findings are “the equivalent of the flat-Earthers,” while <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/03/25/3638622/ted-cruz-is-like-galileo/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">comparing himself to Galileo</a> for denying the data. Historians were <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/03/26/ted-cruz-invokes-galileo-to-defend-his-climate-skepticism-and-historians-arent-happy/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">not happy</a> with the comparison.Despite how far away Cruz’s views are from the scientific consensus, he currently holds a good deal of power over how climate change is researched in the United States. He is <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/13/3610709/ted-cruz-marco-rubio-climate-research/" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">the chair</a> of the Senate Space, Science, and Competitiveness Subcommittee, the duties of which include oversight of NASA, the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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<h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 1px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Rep. Jim Bridenstine</h3>

<h5 style="margin: 0px 0px 9px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold;">Republican  •  <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/states/OK/districts/1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">1st District</a>, Oklahoma  •  1st Term  •  Sworn In 2013</h5>

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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 6px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(" http="http" d6ekjl42nohi3.cloudfront.net="d6ekjl42nohi3.cloudfront.net" images="images" sprites.png="sprites.png" float="float" left="left" clear="clear" background-position="background-position" px="px" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat"><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/people/bills/412567_Jim_Bridenstine" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">6</a> Sponsored Bills (Ranks 307 of 432) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 56 of 432)</li>

<li style="margin: 0px 0px 6px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(" http="http" d6ekjl42nohi3.cloudfront.net="d6ekjl42nohi3.cloudfront.net" images="images" sprites.png="sprites.png" float="float" left="left" clear="clear" background-position="background-position" px="px" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat"><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/people/bills/412567_Jim_Bridenstine" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">171</a> Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 237 of 438) 2 Made Into Law (Ranks 405 of 438)</li>

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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Most often votes with:</li>

<li class="Republican" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412472_Jeff_Duncan" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(" http="http" d6ekjl42nohi3.cloudfront.net="d6ekjl42nohi3.cloudfront.net" images="images" sprites.png="sprites.png" background-position="background-position" px="px" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat">Rep. Jeff Duncan</a></li>

<li class="Democrat" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400255_Jim_Matheson" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(" http="http" d6ekjl42nohi3.cloudfront.net="d6ekjl42nohi3.cloudfront.net" images="images" sprites.png="sprites.png" background-position="background-position" px="px" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat">Rep. Jim Matheson</a></li>

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<li class="Republican" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412453_Christopher_Gibson" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(" http="http" d6ekjl42nohi3.cloudfront.net="d6ekjl42nohi3.cloudfront.net" images="images" sprites.png="sprites.png" background-position="background-position" px="px" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat">Rep. Christopher Gibson</a></li>

<li class="Democrat" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400263_James_McGovern" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(" http="http" d6ekjl42nohi3.cloudfront.net="d6ekjl42nohi3.cloudfront.net" images="images" sprites.png="sprites.png" background-position="background-position" px="px" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat">Rep. James McGovern</a></li>

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<li class="pie_votes" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 25px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(" http="http" d6ekjl42nohi3.cloudfront.net="d6ekjl42nohi3.cloudfront.net" images="images" sprites.png="sprites.png" float="float" left="left" width="width" px="px" background-position="background-position" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat"><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/people/votes_with_party/house/republican" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Votes with party 93%</a></li>

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NOAA BILL

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It is sponsored by Rep. Jim Bridenstine, a Republican from Oklahoma, who said the recent devastation of extreme weather in his state — including the tragic<a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/making-sense-of-the-moore-tornado-in-a-climate-context-16021" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Moore tornadoes</a> and a <a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/ongoing-coverage-of-historic-drought-in-us/" target="_blank" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">crippling drought</a> — prompted him to push for better forecasting tools.

Recent severe events such as<a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/ongoing-coverage-of-historic-hurricane-sandy-15184" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Hurricane Sandy</a> have<a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/storms-highlight-flaws-in-us-weather-forecasting-model-15744" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">highlighted deficiencies in the current top U.S. weather model</a>, known as the Global Forecast System, but many in the weather and climate community argue that narrowing the agency’s focus would be counter-productive because climate science research and weather modeling work hand-in-hand to understand what the weather might have in store for us at various time scales.

NOAA has objected to the bill because it draws rigid lines between those two priorities and also leaves out other key areas entirely, such as social science research about effectively communicating severe weather warnings.

The bill, known as the “<a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d113:2:./temp/_{bdXrKp:@@@C|/home/LegislativeData.php|}" target="blank" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Weather Forecasting Improvement Act</a>,” was the subject of two hearings in the <a href="https://science.house.gov/subcommittee-environment-0" target="blank" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">House Science Subcommittee on the Environment</a>, which approved the bill by voice vote on July 9.

At the July 9 markup, Democrats raised objections to the speed with which the bill was progressing, saying there has not been enough time to get input from the weather and climate community.

Experts testified at two previous hearings that advances in weather forecasting typically benefit the accuracy of climate forecasts, and vice versa.

The bill that emerged from the subcommittee markup contains a provision that would require the NOAA administrator to make “weather-related activities” the top priority for planning in all NOAA “line offices,” including the <a href="http://research.noaa.gov/" target="_blank" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Office of Atmospheric and Oceanic Research</a>, which funds a large portfolio of the agency’s research programs.

Kathryn Sullivan, the acting NOAA director, said drawing a fine line between weather and climate forecasting would be shortsighted.

“The underlying intent of the bill, of course, is one that we embrace," Sullivan said at a press conference at an Arctic climate conference in Washington on Wednesday. But, she said, "There are a number of provisions as currently drafted in it that we find too narrow and not consistent with how the weather enterprise works.”

According to NOAA’s definition, weather forecasts extend to two weeks in advance, while climate forecasts cover time spans beyond two weeks. Such climate forecasts include everything from seasonal drought outlooks, which are relied upon by water managers, wildfire firefighting agencies, and farmers in particular, to long-range climate change projections that provide insight into how the planet is likely to respond to increasing amounts of manmade greenhouse gases.

The House bill places an emphasis on short-term weather forecasting compared to climate. Bridenstine press secretary Sheryl Kaufman told Climate Central that the bill would prompt “A shift in priority so that there is a higher priority on weather forecasting” within NOAA, when compared to climate research. ...

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BUT the hill<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 22px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;">

<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;">The bill was originally envisioned by Republicans as one that would limit NOAA's ability to engage in any work on climate change. But at the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, the bill was amended to clarify that the bill only deals with NOAA's weather prediction functions, and doesn't affect ocean or atmospheric research.<br style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" />

<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;">Those changes allowed Democrats to support the bill, and agree that improved weather forecasting would help save lives and billions of dollars in property.<br style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" />

<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;">"I can assure members on both sides of the aisle that weather research is strengthened in this bill, but not at the expense of other important work at NOAA," said Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), who chairs the House Science, Space, and Technology subcommittee on the environment.<br style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" />

<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;">Among other things, the bill would encourage cooperation between NOAA and the National Weather Service, and allows for input from researchers and businesses to improve weather research.<br style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" />

<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;">Other supporters said these changes are needed to help restore U.S. leadership on weather prediction.<br style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" />

<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;">"Our leadership has slipped in severe weather forecasting," said Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas). "European weather models routinely predict America's weather better than we can."<br style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" />

<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;">The sponsor of the bill, Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.), said the measure is a response to a tornado in his home state last year that killed 24 people, and for which people received a 15-minute warning.<br style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" />

<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;">"America can do better than 15 minutes," he said, noting that the bill reprioritizes NOAA's work on weather research without adding anything to total NOAA funding.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">

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Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:h.r.2413:" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">HR 2413</a>, the Weather Forecasting Improvement Act of 2014, sponsored by Jim Bridenstine, Oklahoma 1st District Congressman.  This bill will enable technology development to save lives and protect property from severe weather, including tornadoes, without adding to the budget or debt.  The measure received tremendous bipartisan support and passed on a voice vote.

HR 2413 directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to prioritize weather-related activities and rebalances NOAA’s funding to bring weather related activities to a higher level.  The bill completes this reprioritization in a fiscally responsible manner.  HR 2413 does not increase NOAA’s overall authorization.   

This bill will speed up the development and fielding of critical technology.  By requiring coordination and prioritization across the range of NOAA agencies, HR 2413 will help get weather prediction and forecasting technologies off the drawing board and into the field.  It codifies technology transfer between the Office of Atmospheric Research – the researchers – and the National Weather Service – the operators, a vital link that ensures next generation weather technologies are implemented.

Perhaps most importantly, H.R. 2413 enhances NOAA’s collaboration with the private sector and universities.  Oklahoma is on the cutting edge of weather research, prediction, and forecasting with absolutely world class institutions such as the National Weather Center and the National Severe Storms Laboratory at the University of Oklahoma.  This bill clarifies that NOAA can purchase weather data through contracts with commercial providers and place weather satellite instruments on private payloads.  Leveraging the private sector will lead to lower costs for better weather data, saving lives and property. 

Bridenstine commented, “This legislation is focused on saving lives.  The National Severe Storms Lab at the University of Oklahoma is repurposing military radar technology for tornado forecasting and warning.  These improved forecasts have the potential to give the public over an hour of lead time to respond to a tornado, compared to the 13 to 15 minute average currently possible.  It is simply unacceptable to continue providing tornado warnings of 15 minutes or less, as was the case in Moore, Oklahoma last year, when warnings an hour or more in advance are achievable.

“I am gratified that my colleagues in the House on both sides of the aisle have supported the Weather Forecasting Improvement Act.  As a freshman Representative, it is an honor that my first piece of legislation to receive a floor vote will have such a vital impact on Oklahoma and America.  I am also gratified that it advances deployment of a technology I used in my career as a Navy pilot.”

The legislation was cosponsored by the entire bipartisan membership of the Environment Subcommittee of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.  The next step is consideration in the Senate <a href="http://bridenstine.house.gov/sites/bridenstine.house.gov/files/wysiwyg_uploaded/HR%202413%20-%20Weather%20Forecasting%20Improvement%20Act%20-%20Backgrounder.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=357721" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">HR 2413 - Weather Forecasting Improvement Act - Backgrounder.pdf</a>

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Sheryl Kaufman, Communications Director

Phone: <a href="tel:202-225-2211" target="_blank" value="+12022252211" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">202-225-2211</a>

Email Address: <a href="mailto:Sheryl.Kaufman@mail.house.gov" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Sheryl.Kaufman@mail.house.gov</a>

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<table id="pacTable" class="datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236); width: 960px;"><tbody><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00033532&sector=A&seclong=Agribusiness&newmem=Y" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Agribusiness</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,000</td></tr><tr><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00033532&sector=B&seclong=Communications%2FElectronics&newmem=Y" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Communications/Electronics</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$3,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00033532&sector=C&seclong=Construction&newmem=Y" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Construction</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,000</td></tr><tr><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00033532&sector=D&seclong=Defense&newmem=Y" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Defense</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$21,500</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00033532&sector=E&seclong=Energy+%26+Natural+Resources&newmem=Y" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Energy & Natural Resources</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$20,000</td></tr><tr><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00033532&sector=F&seclong=Finance%2C+Insurance+%26+Real+Estate&newmem=Y" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Finance, Insurance & Real Estate</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$9,000</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00033532&sector=H&seclong=Health&newmem=Y" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Health</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$13,000</td></tr><tr><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00033532&sector=K&seclong=Lawyers+%26+Lobbyists&newmem=Y" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Lawyers & Lobbyists</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$500</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00033532&sector=M&seclong=Transportation&newmem=Y" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Transportation</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$6,500</td></tr><tr><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00033532&sector=N&seclong=Misc+Business&newmem=Y" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Misc Business</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,036</td></tr><tr style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2014&cid=N00033532&sector=Q&seclong=Ideological%2FSingle-Issue&newmem=Y" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Ideological/Single-Issue</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$28,238</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table id="topIndus" class="sortable datadisplay" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 230, 236); width: 605px; line-height: 24px;"><tbody><tr class=" even"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=E01" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Oil & Gas</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$26,500</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$8,500</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$18,000</td></tr><tr class=" odd" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=Q01" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Republican/Conservative</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$20,688</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,450</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$18,238</td></tr><tr class=" even"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=H01" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Health Professionals</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$14,250</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$3,250</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$11,000</td></tr><tr class=" odd" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=W06" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Retired</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$13,200</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$13,200</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr class=" even"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=D01" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Defense Aerospace</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$11,000</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$11,000</td></tr><tr class=" odd" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=Q03" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Leadership PACs</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$10,000</td></tr><tr class=" even"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=W04" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Education</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$7,500</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$7,500</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr class=" odd" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=N15" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Misc Manufacturing & Distributing</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$6,700</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$5,700</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,000</td></tr><tr class=" even"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=W03" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Civil Servants/Public Officials</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$6,250</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$6,250</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr class=" odd" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=D03" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Misc Defense</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$5,500</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$5,500</td></tr><tr class=" even"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=D02" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Defense Electronics</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$5,000</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$5,000</td></tr><tr class=" odd" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=M02" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Automotive</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,500</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$1,500</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$3,000</td></tr><tr class=" even"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=F09" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Insurance</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,250</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$250</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,000</td></tr><tr class=" odd" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=K01" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Lawyers/Law Firms</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,100</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,100</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr class=" even"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=F03" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Commercial Banks</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$4,000</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,000</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,000</td></tr><tr class=" odd" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=F11" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Accountants</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$3,000</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$3,000</td></tr><tr class=" even"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=F07" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Securities & Investment</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,750</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,750</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr class=" odd" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=F06" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Finance/Credit Companies</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,600</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,600</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td></tr><tr class=" even"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=M01" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Air Transport</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,500</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,500</td></tr><tr class=" odd" style=" background-color: rgb(240, 243, 246);"><td style=" padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?cycle=2014&ind=H03" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none;">Health Services/HMOs</a></td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,400</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$2,400</td><td class="number" style=" padding: 5px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;">$0

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