[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 96 (Thursday, July 21, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                          A PERFECT TEAM SCORE

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                           HON. DAVE McCURDY

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 21, 1994

  Mr. McCURDY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to commend 
the six U.S. high school students who recently won the International 
Math Olympiad in Hong Kong.
  By defeating nearly 70 other teams from all around the world; by 
achieving an unprecedented perfect team score, and by reversing years 
of domination by teams from China and Russia, these young Americans--
from Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York--have shown all of 
us what can be achieved through investments in math and science 
education.
  Their challenge was to win an international competition, and they 
succeeded brilliantly.
  Our challenge in Congress is to make this kind of excellence in 
science and math, for boys and girls alike, the norm rather than the 
exception. That will only happen if we recognize the importance of 
these subjects to our national economy. It will only happen if we make 
the commitment that all American young people should have access to the 
best science and math education in the world.
  Inspired by the example of these young scholars, let us make that 
commitment.

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