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What exactly is science policy? My adventure with Representative - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
What exactly is science policy? My adventure with Representative - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
What exactly is science policy? My adventure with Representative Bill Foster B E N J A M I N P R E I S M A T H E R S C I E N C E P O L I C Y I N T E R N S H I P S U M M E R 2 0 1 4 About Me Physicists Guide to Washington, D.C.
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Physicist’s Guide to Washington, D.C.
Mike Doyle (D-PA) National Academy of Science NASA US Capitol Building
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Mather Policy Intern Program
The John and Jane
Mather Foundation for Science and the Arts
To Engage with the
policy process
The House Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology
Rush Holt (D-NJ) Bill Foster (D-IL)
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Bill Foster (D-IL)
Physicist at Fermilab
¡ Ph.D., Harvard 1976 ¡ APS Fellow, 1998 ¡ Helped discover the top
quark
Businessman Member of Congress
¡ 2008-2011 ¡ 2013-Present
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The Day in the Life of an Intern
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