[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15730]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             THE ROBOGALS ARE AN INSPIRATION TO YOUNG WOMEN

  (Mr. FOSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the triumph of the 
RoboGals, a student robotics team from the 11th Congressional District 
of Illinois.
  The RoboGals are Kaiya Hollister, a fifth grader at the John C. 
Dunham STEM Partnership School, and Jensie Coonradt, a fourth grader at 
The Wheatlands Elementary School, both in Aurora, Illinois. They met at 
an after-school robotics club hosted by Chasewood Learning, an 
educational organization that uses Lego robots to teach students how to 
build and program their machines for competition.
  After winning the regional competition at SciTech Hands On Museum in 
Aurora, Illinois, the RoboGals went on to win the national championship 
of the World Robotic Olympiad in Michigan. Now they advance to the 
world championship round in Qatar, taking on over 50 countries from all 
over the globe. I, together with all Americans, wish them the best of 
luck.
  The RoboGals are an inspiration to young women across our country who 
are enthusiastic about science and engineering, and the 11th 
Congressional District is proud to have such bright young women 
representing our country on the global stage.

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