REP. SENSENBRENNER TO VISIT JSC



August 24, 1998



John Ira Petty
Johnson Space Center, TX
(281/483-5111)

<h4>Release: J98-38</h4> <h3>Rep. Sensenbrenner to Visit JSC</h3> 

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.) will hold a town meeting at 
the Johnson Space Center on Friday, August 28, as part of a series of 
briefings and meetings regarding the start of assembly of the 
International Space Station and technological research being 
conducted at JSC. The meeting was rescheduled from earlier in the 
week due to a death in Sensenbrenner&rsquo;s family



The town meeting for both civil servants and contractors will begin at 
11:05 a.m. CDT in the Auditorium at JSC&rsquo;s Building 30. It will 
be open to members of the news media. Among other items on his 
agenda, Sensenbrenner will receive briefings on the current status of 
the International Space Station from Program Manager Randy Brinkley 
and Boeing&rsquo;s ISS Program Manager Doug Stone.



Sensenbrenner is chairman of the House Science Committee, responsible 
for overseeing national science policy. Previously, Sensenbrenner 
served as chairman of the committee&rsquo;s Space and Aeronautics 
Subcommittee.



News media representatives interested in covering the town meeting 
should contact the JSC newsroom at 281/483-5111 by August 27 to make 
arrangements and receive additional information.

	
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