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Pelosi, Other Dems Host Innovation Discussion

December 11, 2008

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J. and other Democrats will join Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman on Monday for a roundtable discussion with science and technology leaders about how to strengthen the national commitment to physical sciences and energy research. Other attendees from Capitol Hill include House Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson of Connecticut, Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller of California, Energy Independence and Global Warming Select Committee Chairman Edward Markey of Massachusetts, and Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon of Tennessee.

Industry and academic experts invited to engage with members include: Norman Augustine, former CEO of Lockheed Martin; Intel Corporation Chairman Craig Barrett; Association of American Universities President Robert Berdahl; American Chemical Society President Bruce Bursten; Francis Collins, former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute; Merck Research Laboratories President Peter Kim and others.

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