Sam Farr: “I stand here before you recognizing that at last night's Oscars the Titanic swept away with 11 awards. It is a fitting…”

“I stand here before you recognizing that at last night's Oscars the Titanic swept away with 11 awards. It is a fitting occurrence because this is the year of the oceans. Right now, something more exciting is happening across this country and around the world than anything that was ever put on the big screen. That is what is going on in our classrooms around the United States called the Jason project. It was started by the man, Bob Ballard, who found the Titanic. He has dedicated his services to science and to education where children at this moment are speaking to scientists that are on the floor of the ocean live. Those scientists are in California and Bermuda, and they are talking back and forth, and students interact with it. So in this year, the International Year of the Oceans, we have to celebrate that. We also celebrate it, because it is our own money that Congress has put into NOAA and put into the Navy that has helped sponsor this project. This show goes on all week. And if you are here in the Nation's capital, visit the National Geographic, where the show is live right now. So the Year of the Oceans is get into it. Get into it.”