PROVISIONS TO SUPPORT YOUNG SCIENTISTS & HELP STOP SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN STEM PASSED BY COMMERCE COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) applauded the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee’s bipartisan passage of the Endless Frontier Act today with several provisions he championed to help address sexual harassment in STEM fields and to support early-career researchers whose employment opportunities have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic: “This landmark legislation will help put America at the forefront of scientific and technological progress—truly an endless frontier for the 21st century. This bipartisan commitment should protect our vital national interest, economic and strategic, as a world leader. I added measures to fight the rampant culture of sexual harassment in STEM and support young scientists whose careers have been affected by the pandemic. By confronting deep inequities…