Science: The Vital Piece of the Jobs Plan That Should be Bipartisan

By Senator Bill Frist, MD, former Majority Leader, United State Senate, Dr. Harlan M. Krumholz, Harold H. Hines Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, and David Beier, Chief of Domestic Policy, Vice President Al Gore

Every new era in American history demands new tools for economic progress and new definitions of infrastructure. The early 1800s century brought us canals, which opened westward commerce. The late 1800s brought us the transcontinental railroads and land grant colleges, which connected the…