I just want to point out that Lamar Smith has spent his career waging war on the sciences, mainly trying to debunk man made climate change because he believes the scientific assessment is "questionable" as well... 

It seems fishy for a Yale educated man to not understand basic science...but since he has taking nearly 3/4 a million in campaign donations from the oil and gas industry it makes a bit more sense. Maybe it's not that the science is wrong, it just doesn't fit his political or ideological agenda....🤔

Good article on Mr. Smith.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-house-science-committees-anti-science-rampage