Tag: Dana Rohrabacher

Congressman who doesn’t believe in science wants to lead science committee

The following article by Dan Desai Martin was posted on the ShareBlue.com website August 31, 2018:

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher once called climate change research ‘junk science.’ Next year, he wants to chair the House Science Committee.

Dana Rohrabacher, Credit: Paul Zinken, picture-alliance, dpa, AP Images

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) dismissed climate change research as “junk science” and sings the praises of offshore oil rigs.

Now, the Republican congressman is angling to be the chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee if Republicans maintain control of Congress after November, according to Roll Call.

Rohrabacher and Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) are positioning themselves to replace the retiring Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) as head of the committee. Rohrabacher’s spokesperson points to his previous experience chairing several of the Science Committee’s subcommittees as one reason the 15-term lawmaker should gain the top spot.

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Latest Twist in Russia Investigation Involves Unnamed Member of Congress

The following article by Stephanie Akin was posted on the Roll Call website February 23, 2018:

Rick Gates’ pleaded guilty to lying about meeting that matched dinner with Rohrabacher

Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse after a court hearing on the conditions of his release on Nov. 6, 2017. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo

The wide-ranging investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign took an unexpected diversion to Capitol Hill on Friday, when former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates pleaded guilty to lying to investigators about a meeting between his boss Paul Manafort and an unnamed member of Congress.

Gates admitted, according to court documents, that the 2013 meeting was part of a secret multimillion-dollar lobbying campaign for the Ukrainian government and its Russian-backed president, Viktor Yanukovych. Gates also pleaded guilty to conspiring with Manafort to hide the millions of dollars they were paid by the Ukrainian government. Continue reading “Latest Twist in Russia Investigation Involves Unnamed Member of Congress”