[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 124 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H5665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     GOLDEN GOOSE AWARD RECIPIENTS

  (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the five 
scientists receiving the Golden Goose Award later today. The Golden 
Goose Award was created to recognize the important impact of federally 
funded research on the lives of Americans today. This award highlights 
seemingly obscure research that has led to unexpected advances in 
unrelated fields, sometimes years after the original work took place.
  The beauty of research science is that we can never truly predict 
what discoveries can result from just a slightly better understanding 
of our world.
  Dr. John Eng conducted studies on the venom of Gila monsters which 
led to diabetes medication which millions of patients now use. 
Mathematician Lloyd Shapely developed algorithms to maximize marriage 
stability in the 1960s, which were then used by economist Alvin Roth to 
match kidney recipients with patients, and doctors with hospitals. Dr. 
Thomas Brock and Dr. Hudson Freeze studied organisms in the extreme 
conditions of Yellowstone Park, and their research led to a better 
understanding of the heat necessary to study DNA, which then fueled 
advances in biotechnology and the genomics revolution.
  Far from laying a golden goose egg, these recipients have changed our 
world for the better. We recognize their work.

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