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Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami
202-226-7616
03/13/2007
Pelosi: We Must Act Now to Create the Jobs and Economic Security of Tomorrow
Washington, D.C – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today ahead of a Science and Technology Committee Hearing on innovation:
“The debate about American competitiveness has been gaining momentum over the last two years. Reports from the AeA, the Council on Competitiveness, and the National Academies have brought the real challenges the United States faces in an intensely competitive global economy to the forefront. The message is clear: the United States still leads the world in scientific and technological achievement, but that lead is eroding.
“To be number one, timing is everything. To meet the challenges of today, and to create the jobs and economic security of tomorrow, we must act now.
“In the coming months, House Democrats will work in a bipartisan way to implement our Innovation Agenda: A Commitment to Competitiveness to Keep America #1. This includes legislation moving through the Science and Technology Committee, directed by the outstanding leadership of Chairman Bart Gordon.
“The support for the Innovation Proclamation is a reflection of the outside mobilization that has occurred around these crucial issues. I look forward to working with business, academic, and policy leaders to pass innovation legislation with strong bipartisan support. Working together, for the common good, there is no challenge too great for the American people.”