Sean Reyes: “tomorrow Capitol Hill will be given the opportunity to experience what I believe is one of the most dynamic, innovative…”

“tomorrow Capitol Hill will be given the opportunity to experience what I believe is one of the most dynamic, innovative and educational programs ever created in our country. This program, called FIRST, teaches our youth that science and technology can be fun, it can be exciting and, yes, even cool. Mr. Speaker, teams of high school students work with local adult mentors to build robots. They then compete against other teams in regional competitions and culminate with a national competition at Disney World in Florida. Tomorrow FIRST is bringing 12 of its outstanding teens here to provide a mini version of one of its competitions. One of these teams, I am proud to say, is Montwood High School and their robot Rambot which comes from El Paso, Texas, in my district. I am very proud of the hard work and determination that brought them here this week. Mr. Speaker, many of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle have already joined me in supporting FIRST and are helping to sponsor tomorrow's event. I urge each one of my colleagues, as well as their staffs, to come by the Rayburn foyer tomorrow between 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to learn how the lives of our students and students in my colleagues' districts can be changed forever in a very positive way.”