Washington asks Silicon Valley Leadership for ideas on how to reverse global warming, improve education and health care and rebuild U.S. infrastructure.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi called upon Silicon Valley leaders on Monday to send Washington their ideas on how the United States can reverse global warming, improve education and health care and rebuild U.S. infrastructure.

"We have to pass this planet on to the next generation better than we found it," she told a meeting of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group http://svlg.net/ , which celebrated its 30th anniversary in Santa Clara Convention Center with coffee and cake for several hundred people. "I will compete with any initiative anyone wants to put forward for funding."

The group was founded by David Packard in 1978 as the Santa Clara County Manufacturing Group. Packard wanted to improve the region’s economy and quality of life, and the group started with 33 companies. It has evolved into a policymaking forum for 260 companies that tackle issues of global importance.

Deborah Gage, Chronicle Staff Writer

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