A closer look at what Congress protected in the FY 2026 Commerce, Justice, and Science bill—and how lawmakers plan to hold agencies accountable

A closer look at what Congress protected in the FY 2026 Commerce, Justice, and Science bill—and how lawmakers plan to hold agencies accountable

Interview transcript Terry Gerton Before the Senate recessed last week, you all had passed a minibus of appropriations and the president signed them on Jan. 23. One of those that was included in that was the Commerce-Justice-science bill. And I wanna drill in for a minute on the science piece of that because I know how important that is to you. Those bills really rejected the Trump administration’s attempts to defund the big science agencies lik…