The Poultry Science Association (PSA) joined more than 50 academic groups and research institutions this week in a letter “strongly” urging Congress “oppose the current Administration’s policies that are harming the U.S. scientific enterprise.”
The letter to Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate and House, as well as committee chairs and ranking members in both chambers, said that “recent actions have disrupted vital scientific research, impeded scientific meetings and review panels, delayed salary payments for students and postdocs, dismantled key workforce development programs, and caused the unnecessary loss of vital experts from federal research agencies.
“We call on Congress to assert its constitutional authority and take immediate actions to reverse these policies, which threaten the integrity, progress, and global leadership of American science and technology.”
Federal spending on biological science is “critical” for national priorities including “supporting agricultural innovation, ensuring food security, and protecting biodiversity and ecosystems,” the joint letter said.
