[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6132-6133]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        STEM TO STEAM RESOLUTION

  (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, earlier today, I introduced the STEM to 
STEAM Resolution. We all know how important science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics is to our system of education, but it is 
also important that we recognize that art and design are critical and 
complementary to the traditional STEM fields. This is what my 
resolution accomplishes.
  Art and design are key parts of the innovative process, and I urge 
all of my colleagues to keep this in mind as we consider education 
legislation. In classrooms and laboratories across the country, the 
innovative nature of art and design play an essential role in improving 
STEM education and advancing STEM research. In my home State,

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the Rhode Island School of Design continues to be a leader in this 
field, and I commend their efforts to unlock our full creative 
potential.
  STEAM is a strategy for investing in job creation and ensuring that 
we have the best educated and creative college graduates on the planet. 
It is wonderful to see a growing interest in STEAM, and I hope we can 
turn this energy into policy changes this Congress.

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