On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 members from around the United States will be participating in the IEEE-USA Congressional Virtual Visit Day (CvVD). Because travel to Washington is still difficult this year’s CVD was virtual. Instead of traveling to Washington, participants such as Christopher Sanderson, R5 South Area Chair had the opportunity to meet with their legislators via video conference, or conference call, depending on location.

The objective of CvVD is to raise awareness of the long-term importance of science, engineering and technology to the nation through meetings with Members of Congress, congressional staff, key Administration officials and other decision-makers.

It was an opportunity for IEEE Houston Section members and other IEEE area Texas Delegates to visit with their Congressional Representatives and express their concerns. Thank you Senator John Cornyn, Senator Ted Cruz, House Representative Dan Crenshaw, and House Representative Michael McCaul offices for their time and listening to our concerns on the following public policies:

• PRO Act
• Cybersecurity
• Endless Frontier Act
• Immigration

A special thanks to Brendan Godfrey, IEEE-USA VP Government Relations,  William Robinson, R5 Government Relations Chair and to Russell Harrison, IEEE-USA Government Relations Coordinator and his staff for coordinating and making this event possible for the more than 35 IEEE member delegates from all over the United States

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Contact Us: Vincent Palughi, vpalughi@ieee.org, R5 IEEE Houston Media Chair