Scientist Goes To Congress

Fermi Lab scientist, engineer and entrepreneur Bill Foster won the special election to fill the unexpired term of recently retired Republican Dennis Hastert, the former Speaker of the House. This seat has been held by a Republican for over 100 years. Read the story in The Chicago Tribune. He plans to make science a priority of his service, "With the coming retirement of the Baby Boomer and 'Sputnik' generation, energy sector professionals in the U.S. will be in critically short supply. We must make education and training in the scientific arena a priority and we must have a plan to address any shortfall in the government and private sector. "