By Councilmember Rochelle Swanson
April 12, 2012 (Washington DC) – Another full day of meetings with elected officials and agencies by the Davis/Yolo Team today. It has been a very long day, but let me tell you some highlights and I will expand on them tomorrow when I am fresh.
We started the day with a legislative briefing at Nossaman, LLP, near our hotel. From there we went to meet with Congressman John Garamendi. Mr. Garamendi was gracious enough to give us extra time, even though he had other meetings planned very close to ours.
In the late morning, we met with the White House, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs & Office of Science and Technology Policy. It was again a meeting that ran extra time due to the excitement by the White House staff for our projects and initiatives. They asked us to give them more info on our Davis success stories, like Mori Seiki and Schilling Robotics, and we have already planned considerable follow-up.
We ate lunch at the White House cafeteria and then taxied across DC to meet with the Staffers for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology. It was a productive meeting, discussing topics like UC Davis research and partnership with our federal labs in CA. We met with staff at Congressman Eric Swalwell’s Office in the mid-afternoon to discuss partnerships that exist between UC Davis and the national labs in Livermore and how we can support the regional approach to federal funding. We then had a last minute addition to our meetings with a late afternoon visit with staff at Congresswoman Doris Matsui’s office, where we shared our Davis and Yolo successes and discussed ways to improve job creation from the research that happens at UC Davis and in the region.
Hopefully you have all been following the posts on twitter at #DavisinDC and seen the pics and descriptions of our efforts throughout the day. Tomorrow is a catch up day, with several Cap-to-Cap coordination meetings and a further email blog from me describing all of the exciting interactions we have had over the last two days!
More tomorrow… Tired, but very excited!
All good news!
Matsui’s district is benefitted considerably by the rail relocation project.
Is United Nations Agenda 21:Sustainable Development involved with these activities? This Agenda details specific land-use policies that the UN intends to implement throughout developed nations through the concept of “Communitarianism.” Just asking.
For more information, please see:
http://www.DemocratsAgainstUNAgenda21.com
Steve, you asked for a reason. Can you elaborate on why you asked?
Staff Report about Cap-To-Cap goals/ objectives
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