Word: weimer
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...clarion call is to downsize the government," says Tom Weimer, chief of staff for the House Science Committee. "In the future, we are looking at a substantially smaller federal investment in science. The House id dead serious about cuts to balance the budget...
Programs supported by "discretionary funds," which make up one-third of the federal budget, are the easiest to cut, according to Weimer. The discretionary part of the budget does not include interest on the national debt or entitlement programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, social security and welfare--all areas Republicans are reluctant...
...Science funding has been flat in real dollarsover the past couple of years," says Weimer. "Weare looking at a reduction of three percent peryear without an adjustment for inflation over thenext seven years. This will mean a more than 20percent decrease in spending...
...think we'll see most programs'individual budgets defined until late in theyear," Weimer says. "The budget resolutions [Whichwere recently passed] only lay out the agenda inbroad scale...
...next 100 days is what will impact scienceand technology," Weimer says. "It is clear therewill be a substantially smaller federal investmentin science in the future." But whatever thepredicted outcome, it is clear Harvard will not bestanding still. According to Rudenstine, advocacyis very much Harvard's responsibility as a leadinginstitution of higher education...