[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5062]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING EXPLORAVISION REGIONAL FINALIST FROM OUR LADY OF LOURDES 
                                ACADEMY

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to recognize the 
success of a local group of ninth grade students from my congressional 
district in south Florida, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy.
  Guided by their teacher, Susan Fleming, these four young ladies--
Gabriela Ballesteros, Christina Gutierrez, Lauren Lopez, and Diana 
Lopez--have been selected as regional winning finalist in the Toshiba/
National Science Teachers Association ExploraVision competition.
  This group of intelligent young ladies envisioned an innovative 
proposal for medical technology, a surgical procedure that would treat 
patients whose vocal cords have been paralyzed, allowing them to speak 
again. Their groundbreaking idea was selected from over 4,000 entries 
and over 13,000 students.
  Innovative students like these four impressive girls will help lead 
our Nation into the future, and I wish them much success in the 
upcoming national judging phase.

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