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August 2007
August 9, 2007: AeA
Releases Special U.S. Congressional Report: The 21st Century
Competitiveness Act Passes Congress
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On August 2, the U.S.
Congress passed The 21st Century Competitiveness Act by a resounding
margin and on August 9 President Bush signed it into law. After the
signing, President Bush asserted that, “the bill I signed today will
help ensure that we remain the most competitive and innovative nation
in the world.”
When Nancy Pelosi visited
AeA shortly after the November mid-term elections, she stated that the
she did not just want 230 votes, but wanted at least 350 to make
competitiveness a real bipartisan mandate. It
passed the House with 367 votes. AeA praises the Speaker’s efforts
in exceeding her own expectations and thanks the Senate for passing
the bill by a unanimous voice vote...read
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June 2007
June
19, 2007:
AeA releases a new
Competitiveness Series report on how
U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement Will Improve Access for U.S. High
Tech.
June
13, 2007:
AeA report calls for enacting
Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Panama, and Peru.
June
6, 2007:
AeA’s Board of Directors
return to Washington, DC, for the annual
congressional fly-in. The Board meets with over 30 U.S. Senators,
Representatives, and their staff.
AeA Chairman Tim Guertin, President &
CEO, Varian Medical Systems, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA),
and William T. Archey, President & CEO, AeA at the Board Reception on June
6 in the U.S. Congress (L-R)
Rep. George Miller (D-CA) and John
Palafoutas, AeA, at the Board Breakfast Reception (L-R) |
Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR), Jennifer
Bosze, AeA Oregon, and Robert DeKoning, CEO, Routeware (L-R) |
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David Henshall, CFO, Citrix Systems, and
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) at the Board Lobby Visits (L-R) |
AeA staff and Board Members outside of the
U.S. Capitol on the Lobby Day |
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Tim Guertin and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA),
Chair, House Subcommittee on Immigration (L-R) |
Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO), House Minority
Whip,
Speaks at the Board Reception |
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Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), Chairman, House
Science & Technology Committee Addresses the Board
(Watch
Rep. Gordon's speech) |
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Addresses the
Board Luncheon
(Watch
Rep. Stearn's speech) |
March 2007
March
28, 2007:
Today AeA released its latest
report, We Are Still Losing the Competitive Advantage: Now Is the Time
To Act.
March 13, 2007: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
(D-16-CA), Chairwoman, Immigration Subcommittee, House Judiciary Committee
visits AeA to speak to members on the agenda of the committee in the 110th
Congress.
Event sponsor Jack Krumholtz, Managing Director of Federal
Government Affairs, Microsoft Corporation; Rep. Lofgren; and Rob Mulligan,
Senior VP International, AeA (L-R) .
March 13, 2007:
The
American Innovation Proclamation was unveiled at a press conference
with 270+ leading corporations, universities, and industry groups signing.
The proclamation asks the U.S. Congress to:
- Improve Student Achievement in Math
and Science;
- Renew America's Commitment to
Government Funded Basic Research;
- Welcome Highly Educated Foreign
Professionals; and
- Make Permanent a Strengthened R&D Tax
Credit.
Join Craig Barrett, Chairman,
Intel; Richard K. Templeton, President & CEO, Texas Instruments; Robert C.
Dynes, President, University of California; and the other leaders of U.S.
business and education and
sign the American Innovation Proclamation today.
March 7, 2007: William T. Archey, President & CEO, AeA
testifies to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business
at a hearing on "Advancing the Innovation Agenda: The Perspective of
the Technology and Telecommunications Industry" on March 7, 2007.
William T. Archey, President & CEO, AeA testifying (left).
February 2007
AeA President & CEO Testifies to House Committee on Education and Labor
February 7, 2007: William T. Archey, President & CEO, AeA,
testified
to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor
today. Read
the testimony or watch the
webcast. Additional witnesses included Richard L. Trumka,
Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO; Judy Feder, Dean, Georgetown Public Policy
Institute, Georgetown University; and Dr. Lynn A. Karoly, Senior
Economist, RAND Corporation.
William T. Archey, President & CEO, AeA, testifying
to the House Committee on Education and Labor
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William T. Archey, President & CEO, AeA |
Chairman George Miller (D-CA),
Ranking Minority Member Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) |
AeA Commends the
President for Addressing the Issue of Competitiveness in the 2008 Budget
February 5, 2007: AeA, the
nation’s largest high tech trade association representing all segments of
the high-tech industry, praises President George W. Bush for increasing
funding for U.S. competitiveness and innovation in the 2008 budget...read
more.
AeA Applauds
Democratic Leaders for Increasing R&D Budget
February 5, 2007: AeA
strongly praises the efforts of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Representative Dave
Obey, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and others, for
increasing the budget, specifically for physical sciences, in the
continuing resolutions for fiscal year 2007...read
more.
January 2007
AeA Board of Directors Selects Competitiveness as Top Public Policy
Priority for 2007
January 30, 2007: At the winter meeting of the AeA Board of Director
announced the
Public Policy
Priorities for 2007. For Competitiveness, the board came to
a consensus to:
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Improve science,
technology, engineering, & mathematics (STEM) education at all levels |
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Increase federal funding
for basic research, specifically for physical sciences, engineering,
and math and computer science research |
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Reform the U.S. high
skilled visa and green card system |
Tell Congress to
Act Quickly on Competitiveness
January 1, 2007: Join us
and over 200 leading corporations, universities, and industry groups in
signing AeA's
American Innovation Proclamation in calling on Congress to take action
on Competitiveness. The proclamation asks Congress to:
- Improve Student Achievement in Math and
Science;
- Renew America's Commitment to Government
Funded Basic Research;
- Welcome Highly Educated Foreign
Professionals; and
- Make Permanent a Strengthened R&D Tax
Credit.
To sign your company to the
proclamation and to read the full text visit:
www.aeanet.org/proclamation
AeA Activity on Competitiveness in 2006
AeA Activity on Competitiveness in 2005
AeA Activity on Competitiveness in 2004
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