white house: what do you think causes climate change?
scientist: it's extremely likely to be human activity
wh: thank you, we'll be in touch
[narrator: they never called back]
scientist: it's the sun!
wh: welcome to the committee!
white house: what do you think causes climate change?
scientist: we don't know! CO2 is good!
wh: welcome to the committee!
The fact that the GOP always relies on exactly the same small number of people is a strong indicator that "97%" consensus number is correct.