[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 153 (Thursday, December 17, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2335-E2336]
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  CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. J. MICHAEL BISHOP FOR RECEIVING THE AMERICAN 
          SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY'S 1998 PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

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                          HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 17, 1998

  Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to the attention of my 
colleagues the name of J. Michael Bishop, M.D. Dr. Bishop received the 
American Society for Cell Biology's 1998 Public Service Award on 
Sunday, December 13, 1998. On behalf of the Congressional Biomedical 
Research Caucus, I want to extend our deepest congratulations to Dr. 
Bishop for his outstanding scientific and educational accomplishments. 
Last year, I was pleased to receive the same Public Policy Award. I am 
honored that for once in my lifetime, a Nobel Laureate is actually 
following in my footsteps.
  Nearly 10 years ago, Dr. Bishop, along with other scientists, 
proposed a forum where scientists could brief the Congress and its 
staff on the latest discoveries in biomedical research. Thus was born 
the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus, which has now conducted 
over seventy-five briefings, provided the Congress with a first-rate 
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education, and has served to identify a bipartisan group of Members who 
actively support funding for medical research. The Biomedical Research 
Caucus has provided a forum for presentations that have made a 
remarkable and lasting impression on our views of what the proper role 
that the Congress should play in appropriating funds for the National 
Institutes of Health and Science Programs.
  The fact that the Biomedical Research Caucus has been such a 
longstanding success is a tribute to Dr. Bishop's selfless and 
persevering dedication to provide appropriate topics and outstanding 
scientists to conduct these remarkable and enlightening briefings. Dr. 
Bishop's commitment to the caucus is deeply appreciated and we look 
forward to another year of caucus briefings that so effectively reveal 
the opportunities for scientific discovery.
  I am ever so proud that a man born in York, PA, educated at 
Gettysburg College, and whose family resides near my home city of 
Harrisburg, PA, is receiving this richly deserved honor. Once again, I 
want Dr. Bishop to know that his passionate efforts on behalf of 
biomedical science have made a lasting impact on me personally as well 
as on the entire Congress.

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