Send a scientist to the Senate

There are no scientists on the U.S. Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Most are lawyers, including Colorado’s committee member, Cory Gardner. Trish Zornio, a scientist, is running against Gardner to add a scientist’s voice to the Senate.

One subcommittee of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee includes science, oceans, fisheries and weather. Zornio has posted a climate action plan on her website, including job creation and transition, budgets and timelines. Ocean temperatures, such as El Niño and La Niña affect our weather here in Colorado. We need support for our weather and atmospheric agencies and research to understand and predict changing weather patterns and severe storms.

Zornio grew up playing in the northern New Hampshire woods and nearby rivers far away from the big city. Outdoor recreation and access to public lands are important to her.

Zornio has a passion for health care and helping people. She has worked in top hospitals and clinics. She believes we should all have access to affordable health care.

Zornio was trained to understand data, the requirements for a good study and detecting a biased or poorly designed study. We need someone who has these skills to balance the influence of lobbyists and industry-supported studies serving a profit motive, not the public interest.

When you need sound science decisions, who ya gonna call? A lawyer or a scientist?

Marilyn Stone, Paonia