Outgoing congressman Rush Holt calls scientists to action

DONE RUNNING  New Jersey physicist Rush Holt has decided not to run for re-election but is a proponent of scientists in office.

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Rush Holt, central New Jersey’s “rocket scientist” representative, thinks Capitol Hill needs more scientists. He’s leaving Congress at the end of this year, but his eight terms in office have taught him that scientists need to help craft the nation’s laws now more than ever.