[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 78 (Friday, May 10, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       HIPPIE BOTS OF CLIFTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, MONROVIA, CALIFORNIA

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                        HON. GRACE F. NAPOLITANO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 10, 2019

  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Madam Speaker, I congratulate the Hippie Bots of 
Clifton Middle School in Monrovia, California, who became the first 
middle school robotics team to win the FIRST Tech Challenge Los 
Angeles-Southern California Regional Championship.
  This extraordinary accomplishment made them the first middle school 
team in our region to qualify for the World Championship. At the World 
Championship in Houston, Texas on April 17-20, the team faced adversity 
yet showed its resolve by battling back into contention on the final 
day of competition. Although the students did not win, they truly made 
Monrovia and our entire San Gabriel Valley proud with the way they 
conducted themselves and represented their city throughout the season.
  We send our many congratulations to Sophia Adkins, Evan Asti, Lucas 
Corsi, Christian Figueroa, Alex He, Ian Hughes, Dylan Polanco, Caroline 
Squire, and Miles Wilson, as well as their teacher, Paul Flores. They 
have made us very proud; and we wish them the very best in the future.

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