RANKING MEMBER LOFGREN URGES REMOVAL OF WIELICKI AS LEADER OF CLIMATE RESEARCH OFFICE

Washington, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren issued the following press release:

Yesterday, Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) sent a letter to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's (OSTP) Director, Michael Kratsios, urging him to remove Dr. Matthew Wielicki from his position as leader of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The USGCRP was established by law in 1990 to develop and coordinate a comprehensive research program to address climate change. Dr. Wielicki is a climate science denier who has built a career around belittling scientists' calls to action on climate despite his own lack of training in the field.

"For the last 20 months, the Trump Administration has systematically attacked our nation's scient...