[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 49 (Tuesday, April 28, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E693]
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        IN RECOGNITION OF THE FOUNDING OF THE TEXAS CENTER FOR 
             SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 28, 1998

  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise in recognition and 
gratitude for the outstanding work done by Dr. Paul Chu and his 
colleagues at the Texas Center for Superconductivity on the problem of 
High Temperature Superconductivity. As a member of the House Science 
Committee, I often hear references made for the excellent work of Dr. 
Paul Chu and the Texas Center for Superconductivity located at the 
University of Houston. I have also taken great pleasure in working with 
Dr. Chu on legislative and administrative matters in Washington related 
to the support of the center.
  From the Center's beginnings in 1987 with the endorsement of the 70th 
Legislature of the State of Texas your efforts to find solutions to 
fundamental and practical questions in High Temperature 
Superconductivity have been noteworthy. Beginning with a staff of 
seven, the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of 
Houston is now the largest and most comprehensive Center of its type in 
the nation. Your great achievements serve as a testament to the past 
decade of hard work and progress in the new scientific and 
technological field of High Temperature Superconductivity.
  With the multiple mission of basic and applied research, technology 
development and transfer, and providing advanced training and 
education, the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of 
Houston's researchers and students continue to search for solutions to 
fundamental and practical questions in High Temperature 
Superconductivity.
  There efforts on behalf of science have enabled this important 
research program to expand into the world's leading Center for bulk 
high temperature superconductivity and related materials. We in Texas 
feel that their presence in the City of Houston has lead to this 
prominent position in this highly technical field of study.
  On behalf of the residents of the 18th Congressional District, I 
offer Dr. Chu and his colleagues congratulations and best wishes for 
continued success in the area of High Temperature Superconductivity.

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