[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 34 (Tuesday, March 24, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1386]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           THE JASON PROJECT

  (Mr. FARR of California asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I stand here before you 
recognizing that at last night's Oscars the Titanic swept away with 11 
awards. It is a fitting occurrence because this is the year of the 
oceans. Right now, something more exciting is happening across this 
country and around the world than anything that was ever put on the big 
screen. That is what is going on in our classrooms around the United 
States called the Jason project.
  It was started by the man, Bob Ballard, who found the Titanic. He has 
dedicated his services to science and to education where children at 
this moment are speaking to scientists that are on the floor of the 
ocean live. Those scientists are in California and Bermuda, and they 
are talking back and forth, and students interact with it.
  So in this year, the International Year of the Oceans, we have to 
celebrate that. We also celebrate it, because it is our own money that 
Congress has put into NOAA and put into the Navy that has helped 
sponsor this project.
  This show goes on all week. And if you are here in the Nation's 
capital, visit the National Geographic, where the show is live right 
now. So the Year of the Oceans is get into it. Get into it.

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