Hank Johnson will be chairing the committee

House to investigate “life, the Universe, and Everything”

Toni Williams @ Victory Girls:

[T]he useless organisms we voted for are convening the House Energy Subcommittee to discuss “Investigating the Nature of Matter, Energy, Space, and Time”.

Perusing Twitter looking for some fun tweets, I found:

“The House Science, Space & Technology Subcommittee on Energy is sad, pathetic and they all lack the mental acuity to understand the subject matter. For instance, just read the witnesses and positions:

Dr. Asmeret Berhe, Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy

Dr. Brian Greene, Director of the Center for Theoretical Physics, Columbia University

Dr. Lia Merminga, Director, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Mr. Jim Yeck, Associate Laboratory Director and Project Director for the Electron-Ion Collider, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Mr. Michael Guastella, Executive Director, The Council on Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals

“Have you watched the faces of our elected leaders when tech people come to testify? The look like a bunch of drooling, mouth-breathers. Science stuff, like theoretical physics, is way out of their reach. I suggest the mega-brain scientists pretend like they are talking to Kamala Harris who described space exploration to a bunch of scientists thusly:

“I truly believe space activity is climate action. Space activity is education. Space activity is also economic growth. It is also innovation and inspiration. And it is about our security and our strength,” the vice president said. “When it comes to our space activity, there is limitless potential. … So, as we go forth from here, let us continue to seize the opportunity of space.”

FWIW:

You might think that a bunch of Democrats comprising something calling itself the “House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy” might want to spend its time examining the government’s existing laws and regulations on fossil fuel and “green” energy and their impact on current energy supplies, instead of hosting a dog and pony show where they can crease their brows for the cameras and pretend they’re engaging in deep thought. You would be wrong.