Chris Shank

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also alec state level guy?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_B._Shank</p>

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<span id="docs-internal-guid-443bc881-d53b-cfbd-661e-efb4e6010b5f" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Shank is also policy and coalition director for the House Science, Space and Technology Committee (you know, the committee responsible for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://mashable.com/2016/12/01/house-science-committee-breitbart-climate/" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(0, 117, 174); text-decoration: none;">that tweet last week</a>) and a former NASA senior official during the Bush era, a period when scientists said<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/science/earth/climate-expert-says-nasa-tried-to-silence-him.html" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(0, 117, 174); text-decoration: none;">they were being censored</a>.

<span id="docs-internal-guid-443bc881-d544-efbe-872c-4a8f7274d086" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Now Shank will be in charge of helping lay out the priorities for the next NASA administrator and if his past is any indication, NASA’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.climatecentral.org/news/trump-budget-climate-funding-20907" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; color: rgb(0, 117, 174); text-decoration: none;">$1.9 billion earth science budget</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>will be square in the crosshairs.</p>

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<span id="docs-internal-guid-443bc881-d544-efbe-872c-4a8f7274d086" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Shank has questioned the underpinnings of climate science. His boss has also used his platform as chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee to call hearings — hearings that Shank played a role in putting together as policy director — questioning climate science and attacking individual researchers.</span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-443bc881-d544-efbe-872c-4a8f7274d086" style=" margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Andrew Rosenberg, the director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said having someone like Shank manage the transition at NASA is essentially having someone “who views things like oversight of science in a way that if you don’t like the answer, you attack the science. They’re trying to politicize science as much as they possibly can. It worries me that somebody like that can be leading a transition team.”</span>

trump trans team, lamar staffer</p>

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<strong><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</font></strong></p>

<li style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Transition Team</strong>:</font>

<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Christopher Shank (retired, House Science Committee)</font></li>

<li style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Greg Autry (University of Southern California)</font></li>

<li style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jack Burns (University of Colorado)</font></li>

<li style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Steve Cook (Dynetics, Inc.)</font></li>

<li style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rodney Liesveld (retired, NASA)</font></li>

<li style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sandra Magnus (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts)</font></li>

<li style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Jeff Waksman (formerly US House of Representatives)</font></li>

<li style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Charles Miller (NexGen Space)</font></li>

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<li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><strong>Transition Team</strong>: Christopher Shank (House Science, Space, Technology Committee)</font></li>

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<h3 class="r" style=" font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: block; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://www.parabolicarc.com/2016/11/29/trump-appoints-christopher-shank-nasa-landing-team/" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','','1','AFQjCNGNH-2nAjLEWyKKuZoum2GiVQGTHw','Q1DWWxwdNGTL5bob-aOidw','0ahUKEwiospWl1JXTAhUB6GMKHTM5AXEQFggaMAA','','',event)" style=" color: rgb(102, 0, 153); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Trump Appoints Christopher Shank to NASA Landing Team ...</a></h3>

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<span class="st" style=" line-height: 1.4; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="f" style=" color: rgb(128, 128, 128);">Nov 29, 2016 -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>President elect Donald<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Trump</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>has appointed<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Christopher Shank</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to the NASA ... Congressman<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Lamar Smith</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>... Directed 120-person NASA HQ<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">staff</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>including 10 senior executives responsible for ...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">House</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Science Committee</span></div>

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<span class="st" style=" line-height: 1.4; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="f" style=" color: rgb(128, 128, 128);">Dec 6, 2016 -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Alarm bells about how the incoming<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Trump</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>administration will approach ... last week with the announcement that<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Chris Shank</em>, the deputy chief of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">staff</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to Rep.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Lamar Smith</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(R-Texas), will be heading the transition at the agency. ... Shank is also policy and coalition director for the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">House</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Science, Space and ...</span></div>

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<span class="st" style=" line-height: 1.4; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="f" style=" color: rgb(128, 128, 128);">Nov 29, 2016 -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>The team will include<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Christopher Shank</em>, a former... ... Before going to the space agency, Shank was a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">staff</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>member on the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">House</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Science ...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Lamar Smith</em>, who has been chairman of the Science Committee for the past three ...</span></div>

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<span class="st" style=" line-height: 1.4; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="f" style=" color: rgb(128, 128, 128);">Dec 1, 2016 -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Lamar Smith</em>, a Republican congressman who played a key role in dragging out ...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Shank's</em>appointment dovetails with threats from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Trump's</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>advisors to scrap NASA's ...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Shank</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was Smith's deputy chief of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">staff</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from 2011 to 2013, before ... Before the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">House</em>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Shank</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>worked at NASA between 2005 and 2009, ...</span></div>

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<span class="st" style=" line-height: 1.4; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="f" style=" color: rgb(128, 128, 128);">Nov 29, 2016 -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Trump</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>transition team named the first member of its "landing party" ... was Administrator and is currently on the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">staff</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">House</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Science, Space, ...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Lamar Smith</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(R-TX), who is now chairman of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">House</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>SS&T, and in 2013 ...</span></div>

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<span class="st" style=" line-height: 1.4; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="f" style=" color: rgb(128, 128, 128);">Sep 16, 2015 -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>From left: Mark Marin, Ashley Smith,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Chris Shank</em>, Jennifer Brown, and Chris Wydler. ... in the past, when he served as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">House</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Budget Committee deputy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">staff</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>director under ... and after all that, came to work in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Lamar Smith's</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>personal office in 2011. ... When the Electoral College elevated Donald<em style=" font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: rgb(106, 106, 106);">Trump</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to the ...</span></div>

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