Senate subcommittee on science and space and the senior senator from the state of florida, the honorable bill nelson. Ladies and gentlemen, the it said in the psalms written by david as he peered up into the heavens, the heavens declare the glory of god. The firmament showeth his handiwork. You think of the significance of this congressional gold medal. It has only been awarded to 100. And of those in aviation and space first, think of the wright brothers, charles lindbergh, dr. Robert goddard, the father of modern rocketry, and now todays honorees. And i dare say that in future years we will be giving the same ceremony and gold medal to the first crew that will land on the planet mars. Ladies and gentlemen, the dream is alive. As a matter of fact, its a part of us. Its our character as the American People to be adventurers and explorers. And we wont ever give that dream up. Indeed, in the honoring of these astronauts, we foretell the future, the greatness, the discovery, the expressin
Editions in the worlds great leadership. Weve had a booming economy. For the last 6 1 2 years, youve seen New Hampshire change from a time when youre losing 6,000 jobs a year to a time when youre gaining 12,000 jobs a year. Thats partly because weve had fiscal responsibility, president clinton and i put in place an the budget and turned the biggest deaf sit into the surplus, that kept Interest Rates low and empowered investors to create these jobs its led to a booming economy that makes businesses want to expand and your community has had the foresight to equip this whole building with Internet Connections and amenities and the kind of infrastructure that attract businesses, especially the hardcharging, expanding, hightech businesses that were talking about here. Of course, New Hampshire has a high percentagmrcu of hightech jobs than any state in the entire country. Expansion would be taking place in this building because this building is 175 years old well, this site is 175 years old.
Honored guests, we are gathered to celebrate the achievements of some 350 men and women from 14 nations that served in the fine arts and a archives session. We now know the Monuments Men. Only six are still living. Two were una able to travel. 175 family members of Monuments Men since passed are with us. As early as 1942, george 120u9, the leader of the Monuments Men in europe and established their operation in post war japan argued for preservation officers during war to safeguard these things will not effect the course of battle, stout wrote. But it will affect the relations of invading armies with those people and their governments. To safeguard will show respect for the beliefs and customs of all men and will bear witness that these things belong not only to a particular people but also to the heritage of mankind. The death of two Monuments Men would seem to argue that art is worth the loss of life. But monumentsmen dean keller, an artist himself who missed his sons third, fourth,
Opening comments here that president clinton and i are going to standby Social Security. Embody our values in efforts that can help families. And thats what im talking about here. Thats what were trying to do. The testimony from the stories that you have told here will, i promise you, make it easier to build a record that will eventually lead to passage to new families giving long term those of you who are giving so much of yourself and restate my determination to make sure that our country does more to honor and support your work. Thank you very much for coming. Thank you. That was part of an hourlong discussion Vice President gore had with New Hampshire residents two weeks ago. Before leaving New Hampshires seacoast, Vice President gore stopped by a f m former textile mill thats now an o Office Building in dover. Thank you all very much. A city with a rich history and a proud future, it is exemplified in this Mill Building. This 1 p is our past thanks to work of kim she woulding and
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