THIS is our United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology?!

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And, of course, Senator Sanders' reply:

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https://twitter.com/HouseScience/status/804402881982066688

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1. Previous tweet (Nov 30th):

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2. Bernie burns House Science Committee after devastating Breitbart tweet

The House of Representatives' Committee on Science, Space and Technology sent a tweet on Thursday linking to an article on the conservative media outlet Breitbart, saying that Earth's temperatures are in a "plunge."

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In a statement on Nov. 4, Smith reacted to the enactment of the Paris Climate Agreement by referring to climate change as “science fiction.”

In 2015, Smith issued a wide-ranging subpoena to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), asking for all correspondence regarding particular climate research the agency produced. The Committee spent more than a year locked in a battle with NOAA's administrator, Kathryn Sullivan, a former NASA astronaut, over this subpoena.

Smith has received a total of about $700,000 in campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry since 2008, of which at least $19,500 came from Exxon.

The Twitter account that came to people's attention on Thursday often reads more like that of a think tank or activist organization, spreading often misleading information about climate trends. The Breitbart link is particularly interesting, considering that the former leader of that media company, Steve Bannon, is now President-elect Donald J. Trump chief strategist.

More: http://mashable.com/2016/12/01/house-science-committee-breitbart-climate/?utm_cid=hp-h-4