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Phil Gingrey: I am not an engineer but I went to an engineering school. In fact, I went to one of the very best engineering schools in…

On the recordJanuary 30, 2007
I am not an engineer but I went to an engineering school. In fact, I went to one of the very best engineering schools in this country. I am a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and a heck of an engineer and actually not an engineer but a chemist. I look forward to the next bill as we honor Dr. Julian. But engineering, Madam Speaker, is a profession in this country that is very, very important to us, to our ability to compete in this global economy, and as we all know, we are losing unfortunately far too many engineers to retirement and not replacing them.
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Phil Gingrey
Georgia

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Discussing the importance of engineering and the need to address the shortage of engineers.

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