Einstein's Alley

Einstein's Alley: Best Practices
Congressman Rush Holt
December 19, 2005
Princeton, NJ

Congressman Rush Holt

Rush Holt, 54, is a resident of Hopewell Township, N.J. Rep. Holt earned his B.A. in Physics from Carleton College in Minnesota and completed his master’s and Ph.D. at NYU. He has held positions as a teacher, Congressional Science Fellow, and arms control expert at the U.S. State Department. From 1989 until he launched his 1998 congressional campaign, Holt was Assistant Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

An active member of Congress and a strong voice for his constituents, Rep. Holt serves on both the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He is also on temporary leave from a third committee, the House Committee on Resources. Holt has had the honor to serve on the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century chaired by former Senator and astronaut John Glenn and currently sits on several caucuses, including those on Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development, Alzheimer’s, Diabetes, Biomedical Research, India and Indian-Americans, Hellenic and Greek-American Affairs, Farmland Protection, Human Rights, and a Woman’s Right to Choose. Rep. Holt helped secure more than $700 million in new federal funding for science and technology research. Holt has also brought significant federal resources to New Jersey including more than a hundred million dollars to improve roads, build libraries, and protect historic sites in the five counties he represents.

Throughout New Jersey’s 12th district, Rep. Holt has developed a reputation as a tireless advocate for his constituents. He has assisted over five thousand constituents who have contacted his office with inquiries, producing resolutions for problems ranging from Medicare to veterans’ healthcare to immigration. Rep. Holt has received numerous awards and citations for his work, including the Planned Parenthood Community Service Award, the Biotech Legislator of the Year, and the Science Coalition’s Champion of Science award. The magazine Scientific-American has also named Holt one of the 50 national “visionaries” contributing to “a brighter technological future.”

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