Political Quotes

“I rise today to ask my fellow Members of Congress to join me in saluting the contributions of engineers to America. Last week was National Engineers Week celebrated annually since 1951. The timing recognizes the role played by our first President, George Washington. Washington's education and experience as a land surveyor and promoter of invention, education, and the construction of roads, canals, docks, and ports earned him the recognition as our Nation's first engineer. February is also Black History Month and African-American engineers invented some of our most important and best-known inventions including: blood banks, the four-way traffic signal, and potato chips. Engineering is our Nation's second largest profession with more than 1.8 million working engineers according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Every day, engineers are creating new ways to use technology to improve our quality of life. The contributions of engineers surround us and are so pervasive that we sometimes take them for granted. National Engineers Week offers us the opportunity to stop, take notice, give thanks for the work of engineers, and encourage our young people to study science and math and consider engineering as a career. Engineers build a better future every day.”