threat for us in Wisconsin. >> Scientists echoed this
sentiment within the walls of the state capitol today. During
the Stand up for science Rally, the national event held rallies
across 50 states and in Wisconsin, where hundreds turned
out to voice their support for government sponsored research.
>> And if we lay off senior researchers who know how to do
the research, then we have reduced numbers of grad students
that are being that are being trained or postdocs. That's
going to mean that the senior people are not there to give
their experience to the younger people, and there's fewer
younger people. And the long term implications of that is
extremely negative. >> We've dealt with cuts
previously in other administrations. They didn't
seem so arbitrary, simply reducing the number of dollars,
right, that show up at universities, that show up at
research institutes, that has an immediate impact. And so we need
to have that conversation and engage our elected officials and