[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 29, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H3252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING USA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FESTIVAL AND NATIONAL SCIENCE 
                                  WEEK

  (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 recognize the USA Science 
and Engineering Festival.
  This past weekend, government, industry, and academia came together 
to energize students and teachers through hands-on experiences to 
showcase the opportunities of the future and the ways studying STEM 
subjects can be fun and rewarding for boys and girls.
  It wasn't your traditional science fair. The festival is a great 
model of how a diverse team can partner together to further the STEM 
fields that are home to the future careers of our youth. Our next 
generation of technicians, engineers, and scientists should be exposed 
to opportunities that they don't realize are within their grasp--
careers and jobs they hadn't even considered when imagining their 
futures.
  I introduced a resolution last June encouraging State and local 
governments to recognize the last week of April as National Science 
Week. Getting kids excited about robotics, computers, and math can spur 
them to become our future leaders and innovators.

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