Day a Winner for California Congressman
Rep. George E. Brown Jr. (D-Colton), a congressional leader in science and technology policy, had a good day at the office Tuesday.
Brown received a top award from the National Science Foundation. He also won House passage of a bill to devote $150 million to hydrogen fuel research at the Energy Department and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The bill, approved by voice vote, will have to be reconciled with a similar, Senate-passed measure before it goes to President Bush, who is expected to sign it.
Brown was the only person outside of the National Science Foundation to receive its 1990 Distinguished Public Service Award. He was instrumental in creating the Office of Technology Assessment and the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the award cited his “persistent and effective efforts in support of science and engineering research and education.”
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