[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 10110-10111]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     BAXTER BOMB SQUAD RECOGNITION

  (Mr. CRAWFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CRAWFORD. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the members of the 
Mountain Home High School FIRST Robotics team, first known as the 
``Baxter Bomb Squad,'' who recently won the For Inspiration and 
Recognition of Science and Technology championship. The team was made 
up of 22 students and 14 adults, including several pairs of father-and-
son teams.
  Together they spent hundreds of hours building a robot, which 
competed in the Rebound Rumble, a basketball-inspired game. The team 
competed in front of an audience of 30,000 people and against more than 
400 other teams.
  The Baxter Bomb Squad has been competing for 17 years, and for the 
very first time this year, they won the

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championship. They were sponsored by local businesses, including Baxter 
Healthcare and Mountain Home High School.
  The For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology 
championship has helped influence thousands of students throughout the 
country to pursue higher education in engineering and related 
scientific fields. Students who participated in this competition are 50 
percent more likely to attend college and twice as likely to major in 
science and engineering.
  Congratulations to the Baxter Bomb Squad. Best of luck of luck for 
years to come.

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