The Republican congress is busy putting together the membership of important 2015 committees. There are several of note, but here are three that I found especially entertaining:
1. Congress has decided to place Texas Senator Ted Cruz as the new chair of the Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness. Cruz is a hardcore disbeliever in climate change, and, until appointed to this position, has tried to defund NASA (but now seems to think Texas can get NASA back on track - "NASA, this is Houston calling . . . .") Woohoo! Go Ted.
2. Another terrific choice: Marco Rubio, another hardcore climate change denier, will be the chair of the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard. Right on, Rubio!
3. Mega-anti-immigration Senator Steve Sessions is now the chair of the Senate judiciary subcommittee on immigration.