Timothy Roemer: “I just want to very briefly associate myself with this commemorative toward our great leaders Lewis and Clark. I take…”

“I just want to very briefly associate myself with this commemorative toward our great leaders Lewis and Clark. I take great pride in having read Stephen Ambrose's ``Undaunted Courage'' about Lewis and Clark's great adventure across the United States in the 1803-1804 period, of intrepid and courageous exploration, of discovery as scientists, of documenting new kinds of plant life and animal life. It is a fascinating journey that Thomas Jefferson helped argue for funding from Congress and who believed in this exploration and this courageous, intrepid, adventuresome spirit that Americans have always had. They had it then in the 1800s, they had it when we started this country, they have it today in 1998 in so many different ways. I have taken great pride and excitement in reading this book by Stephen Ambrose, ``Undaunted Courage,'' and just want to salute my colleagues for their hard work on this bill before us today.”