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Rep. Bill Flores, Rep. Ted Poe, Tennessee's Rep. Diane Black and Georgia's Rep. Phil Gingrey present the SMART Border Act at a Wednesday press conference in the Capitol. (Nicole Narea/Houston Chronicle) Sen. John Cornyn does not stand alone in his ...

In a recent op-ed for The Post, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) offered up a reheated stew of isolated factoids and sweeping generalizations about climate science to defend the destructive status quo. We agree with the chairman of the House Committee on ...

Regarding "Heated rhetoric doesn't serve debate over climate change" (Page B7, Wednesday), U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith soundly argues that global warming is an exaggerated problem, and carbon rationing by the U.S. government would increase energy prices ...

Rep. Lamar Smith Share this gallery: 1 of 3 Share this gallery: 1 of 3 Share this gallery: 1 of 3 Have scientists discovered Earth-like planets in space? No, not yet but the nation's leading space scientists say theyre heading in the right ...

Republicans in Congress, long skeptical of the value of some taxpayer-supported research, have taken aim at the National Science Foundation with a bill that seeks to limit the scope of its grants. A draft bill by House Science Committee Chairman ...

Z Lamar Smith Special To The Washington Post Arizona Daily Star 3 hours ago • Lamar Smith Special To The Washington Post Climate change is an issue that needs to be discussed thoughtfully and objectively. Unfortunately, claims that distort the ...

Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today joined House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) in introducing bipartisan legislation to cut government red tape and restore accountability to the federal regulatory process. The Regulatory ...

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Robert Perciasepe demanding the release of data underpinning costly new air quality ...

The National Science Foundation has turned down a request from Rep. Lamar Smith, the Texas Republican who leads the U.S. House of Representatives science committee, to obtain reviewer comments on five social-science projects the agency is financing.