| Recognizing Thom Haubert |
March 27, 2012 |
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Steve Stivers, R-OH
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"Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize Mr. Thom Haubert for his distinguished work and accomplishments as Battelle Memorial Institute’s Inventor of the Year."
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| Resolutions Submitted Today |
February 14, 2012 |
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Sherrod Brown, D-OH
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"Today the legacy of advanced manufacturing continues at Ohio’s cutting-edge Edison Networks, the Ohio Manufacturing Association, and Battelle. The spirit of the labor movement continues as workers of the Columbus local unions represent all types of industries and professions."
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| Surface Transportation Act |
February 14, 2012 |
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Jeff Bingaman, D-NM
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"The President has nominated Charles McConnell to be the next Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy. Mr. McConnell is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the Office of Fossil Energy. Before coming to the Department of Energy, he spent 2 years as a vice president at Battelle Energy Technology and 31 years before that at Praxair, Inc., a Fortune 500 company that produces industrial gases."
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| Cut, Cap, And Balance Act Of 2011—Motion To Proceed—Continued |
July 21, 2011 |
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Tom Harkin, D-IA
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"The Battelle Institute—a research institute that is privately owned, not government, based in Ohio—did a study of what happened because of that. We invested $3.8 billion in mapping and sequencing the human gene—$3.8 billion. The Battelle Institute said: In the last 8 to 10 years, that $3.8 billion of taxpayer money invested in research resulted in over $790 billion of private sector investment. Let me say that again: $3.8 billion of taxpayer money resulted in $790 billion of private sector investment. Tell me again that the government can’t create wealth. Of course, it can because it can marshal the kinds of resources that this sector or that sector can’t do. No private entity could have mapped and sequenced the human genome. Well, they probably could have, but it would have taken 40 or 50 years to do it. It took the massive power of the Federal Government to get it done, and in a short period of time."
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| Bold Visions |
June 29, 2011 |
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Tom Harkin, D-IA
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"The economic impact of NIH has been profound. Take one example, the Human Genome Project, mapping and sequencing the entire human gene. The Federal Government invested $3.8 billion in mapping and sequencing the human gene. Just last month, the Battelle Memorial Institute issued a report on the economic impact of the genomic revolution launched by this project."
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