[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10326]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           LET'S DREAM AGAIN

  (Mr. BERA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BERA. Mr. Speaker, the other day, I was out in my community and 
was introduced to a young man, Tyus Ashby, of Boy Scout Troop 447.
  Tyus and I got into a conversation, and he discovered I was on the 
Space Subcommittee. He asked if he could write me a letter. It is one 
of the requirements to get a Boy Scout merit badge. The other day, my 
staff passed me Tyus' letter, and I want to read from it.

       Congressman, you told me you are on the committee that 
     looks into why we aren't going to space right now. I hope you 
     can convince them to try again. There is so much more for us 
     to discover. I hope you tell the other people on the 
     committee that kids like me hope they won't let the space 
     program end before we grow up and get to be part of it. We 
     might be missing out on something really fun and important.

  Mr. Speaker, let's dream again. Let's explore. Let's invest in the 
research that is going to take us to the next generation, to Mars, and 
all the technologies that come with it. Let's not let Tyus' generation 
down.

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