Comment by ccorcoran

Whatever your take is on this situation I think most will agree the creation of knowledge is key for any society's advancement. It's critically important for the future of the US that we don't let the prevailing political winds interfere with the creativity that will keep us competitive. Burdening the pursuit of knowledge with politically driven oversight will create research as useful as most legislation. Politicians need to say out of academics. Most of them spent a majority of their lives avoiding them anyways, it shouldn't be to hard to keep avoiding them.