Bill Maher points out oil industry’s influence in climate change politics | Raw Story

Is science political?

That's what one guest on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" claimed Friday, drawing gasps from the studio audience during a discussion about global climate change.

"Science is very political," Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) said.

"The only science that is 'political' is the science that is funded by oil companies," host Bill Maher replied.

Bill Maher: Biography from Answers.com

He received his Bachelor of Arts in English and History from Cornell University in 1978.