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The latest research policy and funding news from the United States includes Democrat plans for a series of hearings on climate change in the new Congress, FDA moves to end the use of dogs in trials, and the promise of an open call for scientific research on gun policy.
In depth: Democrat senators are demanding information from the Environmental Protection Agency on the disbandment of two scientific advisory panels on air pollution and its appointment of advisers with questionable credentials.
Full story: Democrats demand justification for EPA scientists’ expulsion