{"id":3865,"date":"2019-10-23T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/following-push-from-merkley-senate-democrats-inspector-general-opens-investigation-into-suppression-of-science-at-usda-2019\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:20","slug":"following-push-from-merkley-senate-democrats-inspector-general-opens-investigation-into-suppression-of-science-at-usda-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/following-push-from-merkley-senate-democrats-inspector-general-opens-investigation-into-suppression-of-science-at-usda-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Tras el impulso de Merkley, los dem\u00f3cratas del Senado, el Inspector General abre una investigaci\u00f3n sobre la supresi\u00f3n de la ciencia en el USDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>WASHINGTON DC<\/b>&nbsp;\u2013 El Senador de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley se uni\u00f3 a los Senadores Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) y Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) hoy para anunciar que Phyllis K. Fong, Inspectora General del Departamento de Agricultura de EE. UU. (USDA), abri\u00f3 una investigaci\u00f3n en la posible supresi\u00f3n y alteraci\u00f3n de informes cient\u00edficos, documentos y comunicaciones por parte de personas designadas pol\u00edticamente en el USDA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">El anuncio de hoy sigui\u00f3 a una solicitud de junio de los senadores Merkley, Hirono, Stabenow y 16 dem\u00f3cratas del Senado para iniciar la investigaci\u00f3n, luego de informes generalizados de toma de decisiones por motivos pol\u00edticos en el USDA. Seg\u00fan los informes, estas decisiones llevaron a la supresi\u00f3n de la ciencia del clima, la reubicaci\u00f3n innecesaria de cient\u00edficos del USDA y posibles represalias contra los empleados de carrera del Departamento.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cLos granjeros y ganaderos estadounidenses merecen una administraci\u00f3n que se dedique a brindar a nuestra industria agr\u00edcola el apoyo que necesita para tener \u00e9xito, no una que priorice la pol\u00edtica mezquina y los caprichos personales por encima de hacer el trabajo\u201d.&nbsp;<b>dijo Merkley<\/b>. \u201cMe complace que el inspector general Fong haya abierto esta investigaci\u00f3n, para que podamos asegurarnos de que los dedicados servidores p\u00fablicos del USDA puedan hacer su trabajo sin la interferencia pol\u00edtica poco \u00e9tica de la administraci\u00f3n Trump\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Se puede encontrar una copia de la carta del Inspector General Fong en respuesta a la solicitud de los Senadores.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/hirono.senate.gov\/download\/20191021-usda-ig-official-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.&nbsp;&ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley joined Senators Mazie K. 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