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United States House Science Subcommittee On Space And Aeronautics
The Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics is one of five subcommittees of the United States House Committee on Science and Technology. Jurisdiction The subcommittee has legislative jurisdiction and general and special oversight and investigative authority on all matters relating to astronautical and aeronautical research and development including: * Space policy of the United States, national space policy, including access to space; * sub-orbital access and applications; * National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its contractor and government-operated laboratories; * commercialization of space, space commercialization, including the commercial space activities relating to the United States Department of Transportation, Department of Transportation and the Department of Commerce; * exploration and use of outer space; * international space cooperation; * National Space Council; * space applications, space communications and related matters; * Earth remote sensing p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Committee On Science And Technology
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is a standing committee, committee of the United States House of Representatives. It has jurisdiction over non-defense federal scientific research and development. More specifically, the committee has complete jurisdiction over the following federal agencies: NASA, National Science Foundation, NSF, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, OSTP. The committee also has authority over R&D activities at the United States Department of Energy, Department of Energy, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, the United States Department of Transportation, DOT, the National Weather Service, NWS, the Department of Homeland Security, DHS and the U.S. Fire Administration. History In the wake of the Soviet Union, Soviet Sputnik program in the late 1950s, Congress cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Beyer
Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. ( ; born June 20, 1950) is an American businessman, diplomat, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, his district is located in Northern Virginia and includes Alexandria, Falls Church, Arlington, and parts of eastern Fairfax County. Beyer has owned automobile dealerships in Virginia and has a long record of involvement in community and philanthropic work. From 1990 to 1998, he served two terms as the 36th lieutenant governor of Virginia during the gubernatorial administrations of Doug Wilder (1990–1994) and George Allen (1994–1998). His party's nominee for governor of Virginia in 1997, he lost to Republican Jim Gilmore, who was then the Attorney General of Virginia. From 2009 to 2013, he served as United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein under President Barack Obama. In 2014, Beyer announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives seat for held by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoe Lofgren
Susan Ellen "Zoe" Lofgren ( ; born December 21, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer serving as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from California. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Lofgren is in her 15th term in Congress, having been first elected in 1994. Lofgren has long served on the House Judiciary Committee, and chaired the House Administration Committee in the 116th and 117th Congresses. Lofgren was the California's 16th congressional district, 16th district's first female U.S. representative, before part of the district was redistricted into the California's 19th congressional district, 19th congressional district. She currently represents the California's 18th congressional district, 18th district, which covers much of Santa Clara County, California, Santa Clara County, including Gilroy, California, Gilroy, Morgan Hill, California, Morgan Hill, and most of San Jose, California, San Jose. Representing a dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Salinas
Andrea Rose Salinas (born December 6, 1969) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2023. Oregon's 6th congressional district includes all of Yamhill and Polk counties, the part of Marion County that includes Salem and Woodburn, a small piece of Beaverton, and the suburban communities to the southwest of Portland, including Tigard, Tualatin, and Sherwood. A member of the Democratic Party, Salinas previously served as the Oregon State Representative for the 38th district, which includes the City of Lake Oswego and portions of southwestern Portland, from 2017 to 2023. She is one of the first two Hispanic women (alongside Lori Chavez-DeRemer) elected to the United States Congress from Oregon. Early life, education, and career Salinas's father emigrated from Mexico. She was born in San Mateo, California, and grew up in Pleasant Hill. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. In 2004, Salinas registered as a federal lobb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haley Stevens
Haley Maria Stevens (born June 24, 1983) is an American politician serving her fourth term as the U.S. representative from since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Stevens represents most of urbanized Oakland County, including many of Detroit's northern suburbs. On April 22, 2025, Stevens announced her candidacy for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat in the 2026 election. Early life and career Stevens grew up in Rochester Hills, Michigan, and graduated from Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Michigan. She went to American University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and philosophy; she received a Master of Arts degree in social policy and philosophy. She became involved in politics in 2006, working for the Michigan Democratic Party as a volunteer organizer. She worked on Hillary Clinton's and Barack Obama's presidential campaigns in 2008; she worked with Clinton before the primary. In 2009, Steven Rattner hired Stevens to join the Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George T
George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George, son of Andrew I of Hungary Places South Africa * George, South Africa, a city ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa, a city * George, Missouri, a ghost town * George, Washington, a city * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Computing * George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957 * GEORGE (operating system), a range of operating systems (George 1–4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s * GEORGE (programming language), an autocode system invented by Charles Leo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Gillen
Laura Anne Gillen (born July 10, 1969) is an American politician and attorney serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative for New York's 4th congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she previously served as the town supervisor of Hempstead, New York. Her district includes central and southern Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, a suburban area on Long Island. Early life and education Gillen was born on July 10, 1969, in Rockville Centre, New York, and grew up in Baldwin (hamlet), New York, Baldwin with her four siblings. She attended Sacred Heart Academy (Hempstead, New York), Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead, New York, Hempstead before earning a Bachelor of Arts in political science and government from Georgetown University in 1991. After graduating, Gillen worked at an entertainment agency before traveling abroad. She became a scuba diving instructor in Thailand and later volunteer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Foushee
Valerie Jean Foushee ( ; née Paige; born May 7, 1956) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the North Carolina House of Representatives for the 50th district in 2012 and was appointed to represent the 23rd senatorial district in 2013. She is the first African American and the first woman to represent the district in Congress. Early life and education Foushee was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She graduated from Chapel Hill High School in 1974. She later attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and African-American studies in 2008. Early career In 1987, Foushee began working as an administrative officer for the Chapel Hill Police Department, a position she held until 2008. While raising her children, she became involved in their education and joined the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Kennedy (politician)
Michael Steven Kennedy (born February 2, 1969) is an American politician, attorney, and physician serving as the U.S. representative from Utah’s 3rd congressional district since 2025. He previously served as a Republican member of the Utah Senate from 2021 to 2025 and as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. Kennedy was a candidate in the 2018 U.S. Senate election in Utah. He received the most votes at the Utah State Republican Convention but was defeated by Mitt Romney in the subsequent primary for the Republican nomination. In June of 2024, Kennedy won the Republican nomination for Utah's 3rd congressional district with 39% of the vote in a crowded field of 5 candidates despite being outspent 5-1 and 2-1 by top two competitors. He had previously won the Utah Republican Party nominating convention after six rounds of voting. Early life and career Kennedy earned his BS from Brigham Young University. While a student at BYU Kennedy took two year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Self
Keith Alan Self (born March 20, 1953) is an American politician who has been the United States representative for Texas's 3rd congressional district since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party. From 2007 until 2018, he was the county judge for Collin County. Early life and education Self was born in 1953 at a military hospital in Philadelphia and graduated from Tascosa High School in Amarillo, Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy in 1975. Self is a life member of the National Rifle Association of America. Self is Protestant. Early career Self served in the United States Army from 1975 to 1999. He was a member of the Army Special Forces and Army Rangers. He was deployed to Qatar, Egypt, Germany, Afghanistan, and Belgium. He was a candidate to replace retiring U.S. representative Dick Armey in 2002, narrowly missing the runoff by 93 votes to future Representative Michael C. Burgess. He was recalled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Fong
Vincent Karchi Fong (born October 24, 1979) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for California's 20th congressional district since 2024. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he previously represented California's 32nd State Assembly district, encompassing parts of the Central Valley (California), Central Valley. Prior to his election to the Assembly in 2016, Fong served as district director to then-Minority Leader and Congressman Kevin McCarthy. Fong is the first U.S. congressman with a parent who emigrated from Hong Kong. Early life and education Fong was born on October 24, 1979, in Bakersfield, California, to Chinese immigrants. Fong's father was an immigrant from Hong Kong and worked in a Bakersfield pharmacy. As a child, Vince Fong struggled with a stutter and described himself as "probably scared to death to speak in front of a group of people, let alone a class." He credited his teachers and mentors with helpi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Collins (politician)
Michael Allen Collins Jr. (born July 2, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Born and raised in Jackson, Georgia, Collins graduated from Georgia State University in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business administration, business administration. He is the son of the late Mac Collins, who served as a U.S. Representative for Georgia's 8th congressional district from 1993 to 2005. Before entering politics, Collins established himself as a successful entrepreneur. In the early 1990s, he and his wife, Leigh Ann, founded a Trucking industry in the United States, trucking company. He also served on the board and as chairman of one of Georgia's largest credit unions and as president of his local chamber of commerce. In 2022, Collins announced his candidacy for Georgia's 10th congressional district after incum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
