Talking Science with the House Committee Chair

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03/01/2013

Mar. 01, 2013

Talking Science with the House Committee Chair

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Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, discusses the nation’s top science priorities, including the importance of research on how to protect Earth from dangerous asteroids. But in a tight budgetary climate, who will pay?

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Produced by Denise Chow, Associate Producer

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Lamar Smith
Member, US House of Representatives (R-Texas)
Chairman, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
San Antonio, Texas

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