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WASHINGTON — More investment in math and science education and a more liberal policy toward skilled foreign workers are crucial if America is to avoid losing its competitive edge in the world, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told Congress Wednesday.
The shortage of scientists and engineers is so acute that “we must do both: reform our education system and our immigration policies. If we don’t, American companies simply will not have the talent to innovate and compete,” Gates said in testimony to the House Science Committee.
The committee was holding the hearing to mark the 50th anniversary of the panel’s founding following the Soviet Union’s launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957.
The Associated Press
