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Effective Communication
with Congress and the White House
How and why to build a
relationship with your Legislator
Pointers and Resources
to help you get started
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"You also need to use your membership
to engage in a broader process of educating legislators and the
public. Professional science and engineering societies should
be using their local chapters and regional sections to interact
with Members of the House and Senate. These Members should be
helped to realize that these seemingly arcane debates about technology
development have a local face at high technology companies in
their state or district, or in colleges and universitues at home.
They need to gain a better understanding of your world and the
reality of science and technology efforts."
- -- Rep. George Brown, Minority Chair of
the House Science Committee, IEEE 1996 Technology Policy Symposium
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"At the moment, the technology
sector lacks a strong political voice for its policies, a voice
that can make the difference between ideas and laws. I challenge
you to join forces with each other through your professional
societies to build a pipeline of communication with members of
Congress to alert us [legislators] of the importance of science
and technology programs on the economy and global leadership.
There are sympathetic elements in both parties, including a growing
number of Democrats who I frequently cooperate with, but an important
part of your task must become educating us and making your agenda
central to both parties."
- -- Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT), Coalition
for Technology Partnerships S&T Congressional Visits Day
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