Washington, D.C. – In what is likely to be his final congressional testimony before devoting the majority of his time to his philanthropic work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will testify before the House Science & Technology Committee on efforts needed to strengthen our country’s competitiveness in the global marketplace, policies to encourage innovation and the role of technology in our economic growth.

 

Congressman Dave Reichert (WA-08), a member of the House Committee on Science and Technology, will welcome Mr. Gates and make an opening statement.

 

This year, the Committee is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. To highlight this occasion, Mr. Gates will kick off the first in a series of hearings focusing on our country’s technological advances of the past half century and the challenges ahead.  

 

WHO:

 
 Congressman Dave Reichert, Eighth Congressional District of Washington

Mr. William H. Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation

   
 
WHAT:
 Full Committee – Hearing

Competitiveness and Innovation on the Committee’s 50th Anniversary with

Witness: Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft

                                                   
 
WHEN:
 Wednesday, March 12, 2008

10:00a.m. – 12:00p.m.

 
 
WHERE:
 2318 Rayburn House Office Building

 
 

 

As a member of the House Science and Technology Committee, Congressman Dave Reichert (WA-08) serves on the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, and the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight. Reichert is also a member of the House Congressional Internet Caucus and the House Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Caucus.

 

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