[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 196 (Wednesday, November 18, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1047]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CELEBRATING PUERTO RICO'S CHEMIST DAY

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                     HON. JENNIFFER GONZALEZ-COLON

                             of puerto rico

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 18, 2020

  Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico. Madam Speaker, as we celebrate 
Puerto Rico Chemist's Day, I would like to thank these professionals 
for their extraordinary and invaluable contributions to the advancement 
of science, public health and safety and both basic and applied 
research and development.
  Their core scientific disciplines are essential for every technology 
we enjoy today, and their work helps create, deliver and ensure the 
safety of foods, fuels, drinking water, clean air, drugs and medical 
supplies, industrial processes, raw and processed materials and 
finished products that are indispensable to our society.
  In particular, chemical scientists play a key role in many of Puerto 
Rico's prime industries, including most notably the biopharmaceutical 
and medical devices industry, as well as the aerospace and agriculture 
sectors, which are central to the economic development of the Island.
  I especially want to recognize today the Puerto Rico Chemists' 
Association, which is celebrating its 79th annual conference with this 
year's theme: The Chemist, Always Creating Solutions for our Society.
  Since 1941, this organization has acquired significant scientific and 
technical expertise to move Puerto Rico forward, while also maintaining 
standards of excellence in such a distinguished profession, promoting 
unity among its members, and increasing understanding and education of 
the chemical sciences.
  With the great need for the expansion of scientific knowledge and its 
application to address the needs of a changing world, it is just that 
we recognize the work of this branch of the sciences, encourage new 
generations of students to pursue this discipline, and support them in 
their continued tasks.

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