[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 144 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1181-E1182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  MEEHA AMIRTHALINGAM NAMED FINALIST IN DISCOVERY EDUCATION 3M YOUNG 
                          SCIENTIST CHALLENGE

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                            HON. PETE OLSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 28, 2018

  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Meeha Amirthalingam 
from Sugar

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Land, TX, for making it to the final round in the Discovery Education 
3M Young Scientist Challenge.
  Amirthalingam, a 14-year-old student at Travis High School, was named 
one of the top 10 students in the nation for taking on a global 
challenge: water conservation. She was the only student from Texas to 
make it this far in the competition. Meeha was inspired when she 
learned of the water shortage in Cape Town, South Arica, and made it 
her mission to make water preservation a simpler task. When she was in 
eighth grade, she developed a toilet flushing system that uses both 
fresh and recycled water, which reduces water consumption.
  On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congressional District of Texas, 
congratulations again to Meeha Amirthalingam for becoming a finalist in 
the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. We look forward 
to seeing what she will accomplish in the future.

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