[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23463]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        CONGRATULATING TOBY GASS

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                       HON. C. L. ``BUTCH'' OTTER

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 8, 2004

  Mr. OTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge the academic 
achievement and great promise of graduate student Toby Gass, who is 
studying Forest Resources at the University of Idaho.
  Toby is being honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as 
recipient of a prestigious Science To Achieve Results, or STAR 
fellowship, through the EPA's Greater Research Opportunities program.
  She is only the second Idaho student ever to win such an award, and 
the first since 1999. Only 22 graduate students nationwide are 
receiving STAR-GRO fellowships for 2004, and I am extremely proud that 
one of them is from Idaho's 1st District.
  The EPA's STAR graduate fellowship program is the only federal 
program exclusively for students pursuing advanced degrees in 
environmental sciences. It is highly competitive, with only 7 percent 
of applicants being awarded fellowships.
  Toby and the other STAR fellowship recipients clearly are the best 
and brightest of America's future environmental scientists. These 
brilliant men and women will lead the way to unimaginable advances in 
more efficiently managing our natural resources and protecting human 
health and safety.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating Toby Gass and all the 
STAR-GRO fellowship winners for their achievement, and thank them for 
their groundbreaking work, from which we all will benefit.

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