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Not a Belief System: Maxine Dexter on Defending Science in Congress
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What happens when a lung and critical care physician trades the exam room for the House floor? For Congresswoman Maxine Dexter of Oregon, the answer is a kind of governing most politicians never learn to do: form a hypothesis, act on the evidence, then go back and check whether it actually worked.
In this episode, hosts Dr. Sweta Chakraborty and Monica Medina talk with Dexter about the throughline connecting her most urgent fights — and why she believes science is "a universal equalizer," not a belief system to be argued with.
Dexter traces her path from an economically disadvantaged childhood to Congress, then makes the case that a healthy environment and a strong economy are not opposing choices. She sounds the alarm on a 75% cut to the Forest Service and the wildfire seasons it leaves us unprepared for, the assault on vaccines and reproductive care under RFK Jr., and the children she witnessed held in immigration detention. Her prescription for a party in crisis: say what you'll do, do it, and prove it.
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