[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 209 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              RECOGNIZING ROBERT CABANA'S YEARS OF SERVICE

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                            HON. BILL POSEY

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 19, 2023

  Mr. POSEY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to recognize 
Robert Cabana for his years of service in the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration. Mr. Cabana is retiring at the end of this year 
after serving as the agency's associate administrator, making him the 
highest-ranking civil servant.
  Robert Cabana acts as the agency's chief operating officer and 
manages more than 18,000 employees. Before serving in his position, Mr. 
Cabana served as the director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center in 
my district. There, he oversaw all NASA facilities and activities at 
the spaceport.
  Robert has spent countless years serving his country, graduating from 
the U.S. Naval Academy in 1971 and commissioning as a second Lieutenant 
in the U.S. Marine Corps. Robert Cabana retired from the U.S. Marine 
Corps in September 2000 as a colonel.
  Robert Cabana has recorded four space flights, logging a total of 38 
days in Space. Cabana was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame and 
named an Associate Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and 
Astronautics and a Fellow in the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. 
He also received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Presidential 
Distinguished Rank Award, and the National Space Club Florida 
Committee's Dr. Kurt H. Debus Award. Col. Cabana is also a recipient of 
the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement's National Space 
Trophy.
  I ask my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives to 
join me in recognizing Col. Robert Cabana and his dedication to serving 
his country. While he will be sorely missed, I would like to wish him 
well in his retirement.

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