Does anyone know if Clovis now has this USDA undersecretary job?--Tom



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From: Laurel Hopwood <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sun, Sep 17, 2017 8:56 am
Subject: U.S. ag chemical makers back controversial Trump nominee


    (laurel writes: ad nauseum news)
    
    http://cen.acs.org/articles/95/web/2017/09/US-ag-chemical-makers-back-controversial-Trump-nominee.html
    
U.S. ag chemical makers back      controversial Trump nominee
    
Democrats      oppose Clovis for USDA science job
    
By Glenn Hess, special to C&EN
        
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Jay Vroom, president of            CropLife America, which represents the pesticide industry,            says nominee Sam Clovis Jr. “understands the importance of            relying on sound science and data to make important            decisions that will affect the ability of growers to provide            food for the U.S. and the world.” 
          
          
Clovis has drawn sharp            criticism since his nomination in July for lacking            hard-science credentials and for his skepticism about the            scientific consensus on human-caused climate change. If            confirmed by the Senate, he would control nearly $3 billion            a year in research grants and serve as the USDA’s top            scientist.
          
Senate Democrats vehemently            oppose the appointment of Clovis to be USDA’s undersecretary            for research, education and economics. They plan to wage an            all-out battle this fall when the Senate considers the            nomination.
          
“This nominee seems to lack            the necessary agricultural science and research            qualifications that are required” for a top-level science            position, says Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, the top            Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee. 
          
          
Environmental and other            left-leaning groups have also seized on Clovis’ weak            credentials to attack his nomination. “Clovis’s appointment            is unacceptable and would lower the high standards that            America’s scientists, universities, farmers and consumers            expect,” says Mike Lavender of the Union of Concerned            Scientists.
          
Clovis currently serves as            the senior White House adviser to USDA.
        
      
    
    
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