If you click through the tweet and then the bitly link you end up at this article: http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/04/us-lawmaker-proposes-new

If you click through the tweet and then the bitly link you end up at this article: http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/04/us-lawmaker-proposes-new-criteri-1.html http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/04/us-lawmake... which basically describes bills to defund basic science research in favor of near-term applied research.