Threatened cuts to the federal budget could gut Brookhaven National Laboratory, a research facility run by the U.S. Department of Energy in Upton, by potentially forcing officials to slam the doors on large-scale research facilities and axe 930 employees—a third of the lab’s staffing.
“We’re watching the budget situation in Washington, D.C., very closely and certainly hope that these worst-case scenarios don’t become reality,” said Pete Genzer, a spokesman for the lab.
On Saturday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives pushed through legislation that would dramatically cut federal spending through September to the tune of approximately $61 billion—if the U.S. Senate also approves the bill.
“The next step from here is to hope that the Senate is successful in fighting off these cuts and that they never take on the force of law,” said... more
“We’re watching the budget situation in Washington, D.C., very closely and certainly hope that these worst-case scenarios don’t become reality,” said Pete Genzer, a spokesman for the lab.
On Saturday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives pushed through legislation that would dramatically cut federal spending through September to the tune of approximately $61 billion—if the U.S. Senate also approves the bill.
“The next step from here is to hope that the Senate is successful in fighting off these cuts and that they never take on the force of law,” said... more
This was also supported by Congressman Michael Forbes who had switched to the Democratic party. This move was criticized by the American Institute of Physics as gutting this country's capability in neutron scattering research. Now Tim Bishop is ...more campaigning to keep the rest of BNL open. Does the Democratic party on the East End support or oppose nuclear physics at BNL? that is the question.