It is true that when people are appointed to positions and talk without any appreciation or understanding of scientists, well, that gets scientists w…

- Rush D. Holt, Jr.

There is a sense that science and politics are incompatible. I don't think so at all. I think it's important that scientists take great pains to make…

- Rush D. Holt, Jr.

There needs to be a public dawning - and it is beginning to dawn on some members of the public - that how science is practiced actually makes a diffe…

- Rush D. Holt, Jr.

The concern now is whether policymakers even understand the meaning of evidence. Whether there is any truth to this descriptor of "fact-free era." Wh…

- Rush D. Holt, Jr.

There seems to be a concern about whether the public appreciation of science has eroded to a point where it has removed science from public debate an…

- Rush D. Holt, Jr.

One must not politicize science. But the converse is not necessarily true. There's no reason why scientists can not go into the public sphere. In fac…

- Rush D. Holt, Jr.

Every citizen, scientists included, has some obligation to be involved in public affairs and politics.

- Rush D. Holt, Jr.

Congress, even with its frustrations, is the greatest instrument for justice and human welfare in the world.

- Rush D. Holt, Jr.

The level of concern and anxiety among scientists - and I guess I'd say the science-friendly public - about the place of science in society in govern…

- Rush D. Holt, Jr.