[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 26, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H642]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ACADEMIC COMPETITION RESOLUTION OF 2013

  (Mr. ISSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of the Academic 
Competition Resolution of 2013. The resolution, which will establish a 
yearly academic competition in the fields of science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics each year in each congressional district, 
will be much like the longstanding art competition, one in which 
individuals in the STEM areas--science, mathematics, and engineering--
will compete for their best accomplishments.
  Art is important; English is important. But today, our greatest 
shortfalls are in the areas in which these young men and women need to 
go, need to be interested. Nothing will more promote STEM degrees, the 
type we need for sciences, for our accomplishments in Silicon Valley 
and throughout America, than saying it's important enough by an annual 
competition.

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