at the moment of conception and is entitled to legal protection from that point forward. In October 2015, Bucshon was named to serve on the Select Investigative Panel on Planned Parenthood. Social Security Bucshon supports a comprehensive strategy to ensure the long-term sustainability of Social Security for current and future beneficiaries. Energy Bucshon calls himself a "long term friend of coal". His biggest contributors include Koch brothers and Murray energy. He supports the Keystone XL pipeline project. Transportation On November 2, 2011, the Evansville Courier & Press reported that Bucshon planned to introduce an amendment to the transportation funding bill that would allow governors to reallocate federal transportation funding from designated programs to projects they designate as emergencies. Federal grants On July 10, 2014, Bucshon introduced the Research and Development Efficiency Act (), a bill that would instruct the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish a working group under the authority of the National Science and Technology Council to review federal regulations affecting research and research universities and make recommendations on how to streamline them and reduce the regulatory burden on such researchers. Bucshon said his goal was "to alleviate some of the burden placed on our research universities so they can get back to their main goal of conducting basic science research." Climate change During a September 17, 2014, hearing of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Bucshon was questioning John Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. When Holdren encouraged Bucshon to read the scientific literature on global warming, Bucshon replied, "Of all the climatologists whose careers depend on the climate changing to keep themselves publishing articles -- yes, I could read that, but I don't believe it." Cannabis Bucshon has a "D" rating from NORML for his voting history on cannabis-related causes. He opposes veterans having access to medical marijuana if recommended by their Veterans Health Administration doctor and if it is legal for medicinal purposes in their state of residence. Committee assignments Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Subcommittee on Environment and Economy Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Caucus memberships Congressional Constitution Caucus Republican Study Committee Republican Governance Group Republican Main Street Partnership Personal life Bucshon met his wife Kathryn, a practicing anesthesiologist in Evansville, during his medical residency. They now live in Newburgh with their four children. He is a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran