2020 Vice Presidential prospects: on Technology


Mike Pence: Send pioneers to Mars, by any means necessary

Returning American astronauts to the moon in 2024, and then sending pioneers on to Mars in the next decade, remains a top priority for the Trump administration, Vice President Mike Pence stressed. "The president has made it clear that we're going to accomplish this goal by any means necessary," Pence said during a speech to employees at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia.

"In order to succeed, we are going to continue to focus on the mission over the means," added Pence, who also chairs the policy-steering National Space Council. "We want to challenge each one of you here at Langley: Consider every available option and platform to meet our goals, including industry, government--the entire American space enterprise."

Pence highlighted the progress being made in the private spaceflight sector, noting that SpaceX is poised to launch NASA astronauts to the International Space Station sometime this spring.

Source: Space.com, "Moon-Mars goal," on 2020 Veepstakes Feb 19, 2020

Catherine Cortez Masto: Co-sponsored bill to protect small business from cyberattack

Cortez Masto introduced legislation to help protect small businesses from expensive data breaches and cyber-attacks. Said Cortez Masto, "Unfortunately, small businesses that don't have the resources to purchase expensive, sophisticated products often bear the brunt of these attacks. I'm proud to cosponsor legislation that will ease the burden on Nevada's small business owners by allowing them to pool together to negotiate cheaper prices and keep their customers' data safe."
Source: Senate press release for 2020 Veepstakes Jan 24, 2020

Tim Ryan: Chief manufacturing officer will move US on green technology

I'm talking about bringing manufacturing back and start building things like electric vehicles and solar where China right now is cleaning our clock. They control 60% of the electric vehicle market, 60% of the solar panel market. I'm going to have a chief manufacturing officer that moves us down that road, and that's resonating with people.
Source: CNN State of the Union interview for Dems' 2020 Veepstakes Aug 25, 2019

Kamala Harris: We're very vulnerable to cyber threats

The previous head of the Department of Homeland Security designated our elections infrastructure as critical infrastructure of the United States. As critical as our electrical grids, as critical as our financial, right? And it has been attacked. We have got to do a better job of securing our infrastructure as it relates to our power grids, as it relates to what is going on in terms of our medical systems, what is going on in terms of our financial systems. We're very vulnerable to cyber threats.
Source: Meet the Press interview for Democratic 2020 Veepstakes Aug 11, 2019

Mike Pence: Adversaries have weaponized space; solution is Space Force

The domain of space, once desolate and uncontested, is now crowded and confrontational. While our adversaries have weaponized space, too often we have bureaucratized it. Responsibility for our national-security space programs is spread across more than 60 departments and agencies, resulting in a lack of accountability that puts our war-fighters at risk. in this administration, we are no longer just studying the problem--we're starting to fix it. And the Space Force is the solution.
Source: Washington Post on 2020 Veepstakes Mar 4, 2019

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2020 Presidential contenders on Technology:
  Democrats running for President:
Sen.Michael Bennet (D-CO)
V.P.Joe Biden (D-DE)
Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I-NYC)
Gov.Steve Bullock (D-MT)
Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-IN)
Sen.Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Secy.Julian Castro (D-TX)
Gov.Lincoln Chafee (L-RI)
Rep.John Delaney (D-MD)
Rep.Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
Sen.Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Gov.Deval Patrick (D-MA)
Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
CEO Tom Steyer (D-CA)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Marianne Williamson (D-CA)
CEO Andrew Yang (D-NY)

2020 Third Party Candidates:
Rep.Justin Amash (L-MI)
CEO Don Blankenship (C-WV)
Gov.Lincoln Chafee (L-RI)
Howie Hawkins (G-NY)
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Howard Schultz(I-WA)
Gov.Jesse Ventura (I-MN) 		Republicans running for President:
Sen.Ted Cruz(R-TX)
Gov.Larry Hogan (R-MD)
Gov.John Kasich(R-OH)
V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
Gov.Mark Sanford (R-SC)
Pres.Donald Trump(R-NY)
Rep.Joe Walsh (R-IL)
Gov.Bill Weld(R-MA & L-NY)

2020 Withdrawn Democratic Candidates:
Sen.Stacey Abrams (D-GA)
Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NYC)
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sen.Mike Gravel (D-AK)
Sen.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Gov.John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Gov.Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Mayor Wayne Messam (D-FL)
Rep.Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Rep.Beto O`Rourke (D-TX)
Rep.Tim Ryan (D-CA)
Adm.Joe Sestak (D-PA)
Rep.Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
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