[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 22, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1203-E1204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            20TH ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE C. MARSHALL INSTITUTE

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                          HON. DARRELL E. ISSA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 22, 2004

  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
congratulate the George C. Marshall Institute here in Washington, DC on 
their 20th anniversary this June.
  For the past 2 decades, the Marshall Institute has tirelessly 
promoted the use of sound

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science in making public policy and has provided Congress and the 
public with valuable assessments of recent scientific advances and 
trends. By stressing fact-based assessments of science, the Marshall 
Institute has helped policy makers make wise decisions in contentious 
areas such as climate change, defense, bioterrorism, and civic 
environmentalism. I ask that all of my colleagues in the House of 
Representatives join me in honoring this institution, which has 
provided an invaluable service to the policy-making community for the 
past 20 years, and in wishing them all success in the future.

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