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Representative Frank Lucas (R-OK) will serve as Ranking Member of the House Science Committee next year. "As the Democrats retake control of the House, I look forward to leading my Republican colleagues in holding the new majority accountable and promoting a conservative agenda," he said. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) is expected to serve as the Chair of the committee. Representative Kay Granger (R-TX) won GOP support to serve as the top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee. She will likely serve alongside Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY), who is expected to be the next Chair and the first woman to lead the panel. Funding for research and development (R&D) conducted by higher education institutions in the United States reached $75.3 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2017, an increase of 4.7 percent from FY 2016, according to the Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey conducted by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation (NSF). In FY 2017, the federal government provided the highest share of this funding at 53.5 percent. According to the survey results two-thirds of the $3.4 billion growth in R&D spending for FY 2017 resulted from increases in the life sciences subfields of biological and biomedical sciences (+ $664 million) and health sciences (+ $1.6 million). The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved Dr. Scott Hutchins to be the next Undersecretary for Research, Economics...
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