Political Quotes

“I would like to take a moment to pay tribute to Steve Arms, a technology inventor, innovator, and successful entrepreneur from Vermont. Steve founded and developed a high tech firm, MicroStrain, which creates sophisticated micro sensors that were originally designed for arthroscopic implantation on human knee ligaments. Their sensors have since evolved and are now used by NASA, on car engines, for advanced manufacturing, on civil structures, and by the U.S. military. When Philadelphia's Liberty Bell needed to be moved in 2003, the National Park Service used MicroStrain to detect whether the 250-year- old bell's famous crack was worsening, even by a hundredth of a hair's width. Fortunately, and thanks to MicroStrain's sensors, the Liberty Bell was moved without damage. A product of Vermont's public education system and flagship state university, Steve grew a one-man business based out of his Burlington apartment into a more than $12 million a year company. Based in Williston, VT, and now employing 55 people, MicroStrain's constant innovation and product improvement has earned the company numerous top awards in the industry. I am proud to see to see Vermonters working on cutting-edge technology that will benefit both Vermont's and the country's economy. I thank Steve and all of the employees at MicroStrain for their hard work. I ask unanimous consent that a copy of the recent Burlington Free Press article entitled Vt.…”