[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3252]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH

  (Mr. GUINTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUINTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of four high-tech 
fields that are dominating the digital age. The fields of science, 
technology, engineering, and math, commonly referred to as STEM, are 
driving our Nation's innovation and competition, generating new ideas, 
industries, and companies.
  Just last week, I had the opportunity to tour the University of New 
Hampshire's InterOperability Laboratory to see just how important the 
STEM field is to the Granite State. The InterOperability Lab is the 
only full-service, nonprofit test lab in the world that provides both 
industry expertise and real-world training for our Nation's future STEM 
workers.
  Mr. Speaker, it is imperative that Congress continues to advocate on 
behalf of the STEM fields because the demand for individuals with these 
backgrounds and education only continue to grow. In fact, the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy estimates that STEM jobs will grow almost 
two times faster than non-STEM jobs from 2008 to 2018. We must ensure 
R&D continues in these fields.

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