Political Quotes

“in July I introduced S. Res. 581, a resolution honoring the educational and scientific significance of Dr. Jane Goodall on the 50th anniversary of the beginning of her work in what is today Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. I would like to urge my colleagues to support this resolution, which also has a companion bill that was passed with unanimous support in the House of Representatives on July 28 of this year; and I would like to have printed in the Record the article printed in the October 2010 edition of National Geographic. The article, entitled ``Fifty Years at Gombe,'' describes Dr. Goodall's lifetime of dedication and contribution to our understanding of chimpanzees and the natural world, as well as her unique and heroic personality. As described in the article, Dr. Goodall ``made three observations that rattled the comfortable wisdoms of physical anthropology: meat eating by chimps--that had been presumed vegetarian--tool use by chimps--in the form of plant stems probed into termite mounds--and toolmaking--stripping leaves from stems--supposedly a unique trait of human premeditation. Each of those discoveries further narrowed the perceived gap of intelligence and culture between Homo sapiens and Pan troglodytes.'' As a leading researcher, conservationist, and humanitarian, Dr. Goodall has made remarkable contributions to our understanding of the species with whom we live.”