FAS to President and Congress: Shutdown is hurting science

Today, the Federation of American Scientists sent a letter to the president, and to the House and Senate leaders, highlighting the negative impacts of the partial government shutdown on the United States research enterprise. "At a time when aspects of our country’s research infrastructure stand to be outcompeted by other nations such as China, we ought to be energizing our research community, not slowing it down." This is day 26 of the current U.S. partial government shutdown. The letter describes setbacks faced by the science and technology community and calls for the reopening of government. The Federation of American Scientists is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1945 with a mission to use science and evidence to inform public policy.   Read FAS' Letter Here

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