At no time in our nation’s history has there been a greater need for our leaders to appreciate the value of science in formulating public policy. The enormous increases in living standards and life expectancies over the past two centuries are largely the result of advances in science and technology. Kamala Harris recognizes this and understands that maintaining America’s leadership in these fields requires budgetary support from the federal government, independent universities, and international collaboration. Harris also recognizes the key role that immigrants have always played in the advancement of science. Should Donald Trump win the presidential election, he would undermine future US leadership on these and other fronts, as well as jeopardize any advancements in our standards of living, slow the progress of science and technology, and impede our responses to climate change. This is the most consequential presidential election in a long time, perhaps ever, for the future of science and the United States. We, the undersigned, strongly support Harris. Signed, Peter Agre Chemistry 2003 Frances H. Arnold Chemistry 2018 David Baker Chemistry 2024 Moungi G. Bawendi Chemistry 2023 Martin Chalfie Chemistry 2008 Elias James Corey, Chemistry 1990 Johann Deisenhofer Chemistry 1988 Joachim Frank Chemistry 2017 Alan Heeger Roald Hoffmann Brian K. Kobilka Chemistry 2000 Chemistry 1981 Chemistry 2012 Roger D. Kornberg Chemistry 2006 Robert J. Lefkowitz Chemistry 2012 Michael Levitt Chemistry 2013 William E. Moerner Chemistry 2014 Richard R. Schrock Chemistry 2005 Sir James Fraser Stoddart Chemistry 2016 Sir M. Stanley Whittingham Chemistry 2019
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