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Paul Tonko: We must enable them to explore those areas as a career path. What sort of message are we offering out there? What is the…

On the recordFebruary 8, 2011
We must enable them to explore those areas as a career path. What sort of message are we offering out there? What is the message that resonates from this sort of approach? If I'm a youngster in a classroom, I'm thinking science and technology has no value in our society. We're sending a message to young people that these careers don't matter, and oh, by the way, your health doesn't matter because all of those young people, say from asthma or say from some sort of respiratory ailment, just don't matter. That is a terrible statement to offer our young people, I would think.
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Paul Tonko
Democratic · New York
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Feb 8, 2011

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Speaker Tonko discusses the importance of encouraging students to pursue careers in science and technology.

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