American Innovation Proclamation We, the leaders of American business and higher education, call on Congress to act quickly on an innovation agenda that will ensure continued U.S. competitiveness, enabling Americans to succeed in the global economy. Innovation leadership creates high-wage jobs and rising incomes for Americans. Innovation drives productivity and economic growth, giving American workers the tools to remain the most productive in the world and creating products, processes—and even new industries—that expand employment and boost living standards. The United States has remained the world’s innovation leader through a commitment to basic research, a world-class workforce and a climate that rewards innovation. But America cannot rest on past economic success. Our competitors are investing in innovation, improving their competitive position and, in some respects, surpassing us. Therefore, Congress must act to: Renew America’s commitment to discovery by doubling the basic research budgets at the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of Energy’s Office of Science and the Department of Defense; Improve student achievement in math and science through increased funding of proven programs and incentives for science and math teacher recruitment and professional development; Welcome highly educated foreign professionals, particularly those holding advanced science, technology, engineering, or mathematics degrees, especially from U.S. universities, by reforming U.S. visa policies; Make permanent a strengthened R&D Tax Credit to encourage continued private-sector innovation investment. We, the signatories, hereby proclaim our support for these initiatives and stand ready to do our part. Craig Barrett Arthur F. Ryan Charles O. Holliday, Jr. Chairman Chairman & CEO Chairman & CEO Intel Corporation Prudential Financial, Inc. DuPont Richard K. Templeton Harold McGraw III Nicholas M. Donofrio President & CEO Chairman, President & CEO Executive Vice President, Texas Instruments The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Innovation & Technology IBM Corporation Carl F. Kohrt Norman R. Augustine President & CEO Former Chairman & CEO Robert C. Dynes Battelle Lockheed Martin Corporation President, University of California Additional Signatories on the Back. American Innovation Proclaimation Signatories 3M eeParts, Inc. Quantum Leaders, Inc 21st Century Learning Solutions EFJ Inc Panasonic Corporation of North America AAJ Technologies Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) Pariveda Solutions Acutek, Inc. Eli Lilly and Company The Pennsylvania State University Adobe Systems Incorporated Endwave Corporation Pipeline Group, Inc. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Energy Sciences Coalition Printing Industries of America AeA (American Electronics Association) Eng3 Corporation Procter & Gamble Agere Systems Enpria, Inc QUALCOMM Agilent Technology Enterprise Development Corp. of South Florida Quality Float Works, Inc. Altera Corporation Esterline Corporation QuickLogic Corporation AMCO Plastic Materials, Inc Expandable Software, Inc. RAE Systems American Association of Physics Teachers Fairchild Semiconductor Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute American Association for Crystal Growth Federation of American Societies for Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) American Astronomical Society Experimental Biology (FASEB) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey American Chemical Society Federation of Materials Societies Ryder System, Inc. American Council on International Personnel Frequency Electronics, Inc. SAP America American Educational Research Association Frye Electronics, Inc. SAS American Indian Higher Education Consortium Gartner Inc. The Science Coalition American Mathematical Society Geological Society of America Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) American Physical Society Georgia Institute of Technology Semiconductor Industry Association American Psychological Association GlaxoSmithKline Skidaway Institute of Oceanography The American Physiological Society Global Illumination World Wide LLC. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics American Society of Agronomy Google Society for Research in Child Development American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Society of Women Engineers American Society of Civil Engineers Harvard University Software & Information Industry Association American Society for Engineering Education Hewlett-Packard Soil Science Society of America American Society of Plant Biologists IBM Corporation Sopheon Amplify Communications IEEE-USA Southeastern Universities Research Association ANADIGICS, Inc. Immigration Solutions Southwest Area Manufacturers Association Applied Materials, Inc. Indiana University SPIE Arizona Association of Industries Industrial Research Institute The State Chamber of Olklahoma ASME Infineon Technologies North America Corp. Stony Brook University, SUNY Stony Brook ASM International Internet2 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Associated Industries of Massachusetts Information Technology Industry Council Synopsys, Inc. Association of American Universities Infotonics Technology Center, Inc. TAEUS International Corp. Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities Intel Tapping America's Potential Association for Psychological Science Iowa Association of Business and Industry Task Force on the Future of American Innovation ASTRA, The Alliance for Science & Technology Policy Iowa State University Technology CEO Council Avancent Consulting Corporation IQE-RF, LLC The Technology Network (TechNet) Avanex Corporation ISCO International Tektronix, Inc. Axian, Inc. IS Squared, Inc. Texas A&M University Ayoka Jazz Semiconductor Texas Instruments The Babcock & Wilcox Company The John Hopkins University Thurgood Marshall College Fund Battelle JVC America, Inc. Tirraappendi, Inc. Bay Area Economic Forum Keane, Inc. Tulane University Bayer Corporation Konica Minolta University Corporation for Atmospheric Research BearingPoint Inc. Kotura, Inc University of Arkansas Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences KPMG LLP University of California, Berkeley Biophysical Society LSI Logic Corporation University of California, Irvine Business-Higher Education Forum Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY) University of Central Florida Business Roundtable Maryland Chamber of Commerce University of Chicago BWXT Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Cincinnati Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Materials Research Society University of Colorado at Boulder California Institute of Technology Mathematical Association of America University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Carnegie Mellon University The McGraw-Hill Companies University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Caterpillar Inc. Mercury Computer Systems University Economic Development Association Center for Accelerating Innovation Message Runner Inc. University of Hawaii at Manoa Center for Audit Quality Michigan State University University of Illinois Center for National Software Studies Micron Technology, Inc University of Kansas Citrix Systems, Inc. Microsoft Corporation University of Kentucky The City College of New York (CCNY) The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS) University of Michigan The City University of New York MI Technologies University of Minnesota Click Bond, Inc. Mobility Electronics, Inc. University of Nebraska Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation Mote Marine Laboratory,Inc The University of North Carolina CoCo Communications The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Assocation University of Oregon Columbia University NAI Realvest University of Pennsylvania The Commerce Bank of Oregon NASULGC, A Public University Association University of Pittsburgh Compete America National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML) University of Rochester Computing Research Association National Association of Manufacturers University of Southern California Computing Technology Industry Association The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences University of Southern California, Concero Technology National Center for Technological Literacy Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies Consortium of Social Science Associations National Council for Advanced Manufacturing University of Southern Maine Cornell University National Electrical Manufacturers Association The University of Tennessee Council on Competitiveness National Foreign Trade Council The University of Texas System Council of Graduate Schools National Science Teachers Association The University of Virginia Cray Inc. National Semiconductor Corp. University of Washington Crop Science Society of America Nebraska Chamber of Commerce & Industry University of Wisconsin-Madison CSSP New Jersey Center for Software Engineering Utah Manufacturers Association Cyveillance Inc. New York Structural Biology Center Valicore Technologies, Inc. Data and Search Institute New York University Vanderbilt University Deloitte & Touche USA LLP North Carolina State Chamber of Commerce Vermeer Manufacturing Company Deming & Pisano LLC North Carolina State University Virginia Commonwealth University DeVry University -- Central Florida Northern Illinois University Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University The Dow Chemical Company Northrop Grumman Corporation Washington University in St. Louis Dow Corning Corporation Northwestern University Whirlpool Corporation Duke University The Ohio State University Winland Electronics Inc. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute ON Semiconductor Corporation Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network Eastman Chemical Company Optoelectronics Industry Development Association Zebra Technologies Educause Oracle E&E Manufacturing Co. Inc. Oregon State University.