While the scientific opinions of an obscure legislator from rural Georgia may seem of little import, he is a member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology and therefore has an outsized influence over how we invest in the future.

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Now, however, something like SOPA could be coming back to the U.S. SOPA Sponsor Rep. Lamar Smith is the new Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, and some on the internet are going to take issue with that last one.

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