Greatest Threat To US Homeland Security: Lack of Engineering Students

It's no wonder the US House of Representatives is getting involved, aerospace engineering degrees for US students have become almost as scarce as the carrier pigeon. If this latest legislation passes, 11 US executive branches including NASA and the departments of Defense and Homeland Security, will be required to develop a task force which would find new aerospace workforce opportunities through scholarship and advanced training programs and in partnership with public and private organizations. Each year the taskforce would come before Congress and report on its progress.
The goal is to increase the talent pool in the US workforce when it comes to math, science, engineering and technology.
That's a great start! Now, if they could just guarantee those jobs will stick around...