Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the efforts behind an incredible breakthrough in humanity's understanding of the universe: the first detection ever of the existence of gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are invisible ripples in the fabric of space- time. Albert Einstein theorized their existence 100 years ago as part of his theory of general relativity. After more than a decade of work by researchers at two identical observatories--one in Livingston, Louisiana, and another in Hanford, Washington, located in my congressional district--Einstein's theory of the existence of gravitational waves has direct evidence as scientific fact. On February 11, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, Scientific Collaboration officially confirmed that the world's most sensitive instruments at these observatories had detected gravitational waves for the first time. The gravitational wave detected by LIGO's team was the result of the collision of two black holes 1.3 billion years ago. Congratulations to my constituents and the entire LIGO team on their historic discovery, which will continue to add to the scientific understanding of the universe for generations. ____________________”