REPS. TAKANO, BEYER, CASTEN, FOSTER, AND OBERNOLTE LEAD BIPARTISAN COALITION TO CREATE THE CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY

Washington, Nov. 3 -- Rep. Don Beyer issued the following press release:

Today, Reps. Mark Takano (CA-39), Don Beyer (VA-8), Sean Casten (IL-6), Bill Foster (IL-11), and Jay Obernolte (CA-23) introduced the Congressional Office of Technology Improvement and Enhancement Act to restore Congress' capacity to confront emerging issues in science and technology. For more than twenty years, Congress had the Office of Technology Assessment, an independent, bipartisan agency set up to provide information on technology and its potential impacts. However, in 1995 the agency was defunded, stripping Congress of the ability to access unbiased scientific and technological expertise as we entered the digital age. As emerging technologies-from artificial i...