[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 152 (Friday, September 20, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1192]
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              HIDDEN FIGURES CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL ACT

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                               speech of

                           HON. JOYCE BEATTY

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 19, 2019

  Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, 
Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson; most people know them as the 
``Hidden Figures.''
  Well, Madam Speaker, I think it's safe to say they are ``hidden 
figures'' no longer.
  Thanks to them and many other women, we were able to reach for the 
stars and put a man on the moon.
  We honor these brave, brilliant women. They accomplished what many 
thought impossible and proved--to paraphrase Katherine Johnson--that 
``Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. 
Sometimes they even have more imagination than men.''
  In that spirit, I am proud to be a cosponsor of the Hidden Figures 
Congressional Gold Medal Act and urge all my colleagues to support this 
resolution.

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