Rush D. Holt, Jr

There needs to be a public dawning - and it is beginning to dawn on some members of the public - that…

— 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…

— 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…

— Rush D. Holt, Jr

Farmers were always generalists. They had to know science and commerce and all sorts of practical things.

— Rush D. Holt, Jr

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

— Rush D. Holt, Jr

The Tea Party and the like are about what we can't do, instead of the American ideal of what we can.

— Rush D. Holt, Jr

This whole controversy about global warming or even evolution - politicians just don't want to take the time to educate themselves.

— 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…

— Rush D. Holt, Jr

We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was something everyone should have a knowledge of.

— Rush D. Holt, Jr

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

— 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…

— 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…

— 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