TechNet Honors Rep. Michael McCaul as a Top Innovation Leader in U.S. Congress

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TechNet, the bipartisan political network of CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, announced that Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has won its annual Founders Circle Award, one of four members of Congress recognized by the organization for their outstanding leadership to champion the nation's innovation economy.

Representative McCaul was chosen by TechNet's member companies for his support of the organization's innovation policy agenda during the past year.  By tradition, the winners of the award include one member of each political party in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Rep. McCaul is co-founder and chair of the Bipartisan House High Tech Task Force and ranking member of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorist Assessment.  During his career, Rep. McCaul has strongly supported the R&D tax credit, science, technology, math and engineering (STEM) education, cyber security and clean technology policy issues.

"The technology industry is extremely fortunate to have such a wonderful advocate for innovation in Congressman Michael McCaul," said Rey Ramsey, President and CEO of TechNet.  "It is a privilege to bestow upon Congressman Michael McCaul TechNet's top honor for his tireless work and leadership to promote U.S. innovation, scientific discovery and job growth."

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TechNet is the national, bipartisan network of CEOs that promotes the growth of technology industries and the economy by building long-term relationships between technology leaders and policymakers and by advocating a targeted policy agenda. TechNet's members represent more than one million employees in the fields of information technology, clean energy, biotechnology, e-commerce and finance. TechNet has offices in Washington, DC, Palo Alto, Sacramento, Seattle, Boston and Austin, Texas. Web address: www.technet.org. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter at @technetupdate.

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