[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11056]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF RICE UNIVERSITY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. I rise today to congratulate our hometown 
university, Rice University, for their 100-year celebration--a 
university known for advancing education in the arts, humanities, and 
sciences. It is a leading university, and it has been ranked among the 
top 20 universities in the United States by the U.S. News & World 
Report every year since the rankings began in 1983.
  As a former member of the House Science Committee, I am reminded of 
their great work in nanotechnology, space, cellular technology, 
bioinformation in energy and health, and their collaboration with the 
Johnson Space Center. I am also delighted that they have decided in 
years past to eliminate the bar against African American students and 
to open the opportunities of a grand education to Latinos and African 
Americans and to young people who have a last name such as Qadeer.
  They have a bright light in Dr. Roland Smith, who has led the effort 
in diversifying their campus, and I was delighted to go and join them 
in honoring the Honorable Barbara Jordan, one of my predecessors in the 
18th Congressional District. They, of course, have a group of astute 
athletes who have made them proud, and they represent the diversity of 
America.
  It is great to congratulate a university that understands its 
brilliance and its necessity in teaching the next generation of 
scientists, thinkers and humanitarians, and to also be called an 
excellent university.
  Congratulations, Rice University, for your 100th year, for your 
service to this Nation, and for your reflection of the diversity of 
this great country.

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