<P> In the 112th Congress, Committee Chairman Ralph Hall added "Space" back into the committee's name: "The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology"--a nod to the committee's history, broad jurisdiction, and the importance of space exploration in maintaining American innovation and competitiveness . </P> <P> On December 1, 2016, the committee's Twitter account posted a link to an article on Breitbart which argued that climate change was the result of natural weather processes . The tweet was criticized by members of the scientific community on Twitter for promoting an unscientific and misleading article . The Committee's Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson also criticized the tweet, writing, "False news & false facts put us all in danger ." </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Majority </Th> <Th> Minority </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Lamar Smith, Texas, Chair </Li> <Li> Dana Rohrabacher, California </Li> <Li> Frank Lucas, Oklahoma, Vice Chair </Li> <Li> Mo Brooks, Alabama </Li> <Li> Randy Hultgren, Illinois </Li> <Li> Bill Posey, Florida </Li> <Li> Thomas Massie, Kentucky </Li> <Li> Jim Bridenstine, Oklahoma </Li> <Li> Randy Weber, Texas </Li> <Li> Steve Knight, California </Li> <Li> Brian Babin, Texas </Li> <Li> Barbara Comstock, Virginia </Li> <Li> Gary Palmer, Alabama </Li> <Li> Barry Loudermilk, Georgia </Li> <Li> Ralph Abraham, Louisiana </Li> <Li> Darin LaHood, Illinois </Li> <Li> Daniel Webster, Florida </Li> <Li> Jim Banks, Indiana </Li> <Li> Andy Biggs, Arizona </Li> <Li> Roger Marshall, Kansas </Li> <Li> Neal Dunn, Florida </Li> <Li> Clay Higgins, Louisiana </Li> <Li> Ralph Norman, South Carolina </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas, Ranking Member </Li> <Li> Zoe Lofgren, California </Li> <Li> Dan Lipinski, Illinois </Li> <Li> Suzanne Bonamici, Oregon </Li> <Li> Ami Bera, California </Li> <Li> Elizabeth Esty, Connecticut </Li> <Li> Marc Veasey, Texas </Li> <Li> Don Beyer, Virginia, Vice Ranking Member </Li> <Li> Jacky Rosen, Nevada </Li> <Li> Jerry McNerney, California </Li> <Li> Ed Perlmutter, Colorado </Li> <Li> Paul Tonko, New York </Li> <Li> Bill Foster, Illinois </Li> <Li> Mark Takano, California </Li> <Li> Colleen Hanabusa, Hawaii </Li> <Li> Charlie Crist, Florida </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Majority </Th> <Th> Minority </Th> </Tr>

Ranking member of the house committee on science space and technology