Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, as one of only a handful of engineers in Congress, I'm proud to once again sponsor a resolution honoring our Nation's engineers during National Engineers Week. Next week will mark the 61st annual Engineers Week and the 8th year I have introduced this resolution. I would like to thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Manzullo) for joining me in leading this bipartisan effort for the second consecutive year. The central goal of Engineers Week--attracting new students to engineering careers--has never been more important. {time} 1050 As a 2010 National Academies report explained: While only 4 percent of the Nation's workforce is composed of scientists and engineers, this group disproportionately creates jobs for the other 96 percent. Engineers drive our economy by designing and building everyday products, including bridges, airplanes, roads, computers, medical devices, cars, power plants--just to name a few. America's 2.5 million engineers have helped make our country great by solving problems and turning dreams into reality, and America's future depends on them. In these uncertain times, as we look for ways to promote job creation, educating America's youth about engineering and science needs to be a national priority. Each year, National Engineers Week seeks to do just this through events aimed at inspiring students and fostering public awareness of vital contributions made by engineers.…”