[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 6, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4203]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         CELEBRATING MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. McNERNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the mathematical 
and statistical sciences.
  Fundamental research in mathematics and statistics touches all of our 
Nation's scientific and technological priorities and provides tools to 
address societal changes.
  As recent examples, mathematical scientists model the spread of 
pandemics and help assess the effectiveness of vaccine programs.
  They produce research needed for artificial intelligence and help us 
understand and predict dangerous weather patterns.
  And their theoretical work fortifies imaging technologies used to 
detect diseases, including cancer.
  We are at a critical time for building and ensuring a stable and more 
diverse STEM workforce in the future.
  Mathematics and statistics support all of the STEM disciplines and 
are critical to our educational system.
  Every day, mathematicians and statisticians enable advances across 
all science and technology, making our Nation more secure and globally 
competitive, and training the next generation of researchers and 
educators.
  Please join me and my fellow mathematicians on the Joint Policy Board 
for Mathematics in celebrating April as Mathematics and Statistics 
Awareness Month.

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