Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to support H.R. 1735, the Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act, sponsored by my colleagues Representatives Houlahan and Baird. Anyone who pays attention to the economy knows the importance of STEM education. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that our need for STEM jobs will increase by nearly 11 percent by 2032. To fill those jobs and ensure that we have a highly productive workforce, we need to focus on STEM education in our schools. We need to be sure that we are providing a useful STEM education. We know that many STEM jobs require data-driven decisionmaking, but we are not providing a grounding in that skill in our schools. To this end, H.R. 1735 modernizes our mathematics curriculum by providing competitive grants to support education in mathematical and statistical modeling. As someone trained in agricultural economics, I understand the value of conducting mathematical and statistical analysis. A solid grounding in these fields helps us predict crop yields, identify the effects of temperatures and water levels, and model commodity markets. Those are just examples from a single industry. The skills are crucial to a wide variety of professions and help inform computational and data-driven thinking. Statistical analysis underpins everything, from developing artificial intelligence to improving advanced manufacturing.…”