[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 103 (Wednesday, July 11, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H4787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RICE UNIVERSITY--HOUSTON, TEXAS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, late one summer night a few years 
ago, I boarded a red-eye flight back to Houston. I saw college students 
on the plane, and I expected the worst. I was wrong, however. As soon 
as the plane took off, these athletes broke out their books, and they 
studied for the rest of the flight. I was impressed by this group of 
considerate, smart, focused, and driven student athletes. No surprise, 
they were the Owls baseball team from Rice University.
  Rice was named after Massachusetts-born businessman William Marsh 
Rice, a transplanted Yankee who was successful in Houston, Texas. He 
chartered the Rice Institute. Today, Rice University is the home of 
5,000 students. Its achievements make Houston proud--artificial heart 
research, structural chemical analysis, and space science, just to name 
a few. And the Rice Owls baseball team gives Houston a baseball team we 
can be proud of. And just yesterday, Rice was named one of the top 100 
universities in the world by the Center for World University Rankings.
  I want to congratulate Rice president, Dr. Leebron, his wonderful 
educators, and his students for an amazing 100 years of excellence and 
education.
  And that's just the way it is.

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