[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11928]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        ASTRONAUT JEFF WILLIAMS

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I want to welcome home Jeff Williams and 
the crew of Expedition 48, which landed safely last night in 
Kazakhstan.
  Jeff is a Wisconsin native and a West Point classmate of mine from 
the class of 1980. In fact, when he landed, he put a hat on that had 
our class crest and motto.
  He holds the U.S. record for the most cumulative days in space by a 
United States astronaut. He has completed five space walks, including 
two on this last mission.
  Jeff is a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Houston. He is also 
a noted and published photographer. He says: ``It's a very humbling 
experience to view the Earth''--and everything it represents--``and to 
begin to imagine the creative power of our God.''
  I would like to end with Psalm 19:1: ``The heavens declare the glory 
of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.''
  Welcome home, Jeff. Have NASA update the photo in your biography, 
which is about 20 years old.

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