[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 24, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H7222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 GOOD NEWS REGARDING MARS SPACE PROGRAM

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, we have gone through some extraordinary 
challenges over the past several weeks and I think it is important for 
us when we have some good news to point to that. We all know that this 
is the greatest Nation the world has ever known, and further evidence 
of that came this morning when we saw that the Odyssey entered the 
orbit of Mars. I want to extend congratulations to the wonderful people 
at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory that my friend the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Schiff) and I have the privilege of representing. I see 
the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Napolitano) here in the Chamber. 
I know she has many constituents who work up there. They have gone 
through some very tough times over the past 2 years in dealing with the 
Mars program. This sign of success is a further demonstration of the 
greatness of the United States of America and the people who are 
working on the very important space program.

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