,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dea  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#aj1 #bjai,ms4 ,collins 7for herself1   
,ms4 ,stabenow1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mrs4 
,murray1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,ms4           
,klobuchar1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mrs4       
,gillibrand1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mrs4        
,fischer1 ,mrs4 ,capito1 ,ms4 ,ernst1   
,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,ms4 ,hassan1 ,ms4     
,harris1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mrs4             
,hyde-,smith1 ,mrs4 ,blackburn1 ,ms4    
,sinema1 ,ms4 ,mc,sally1 ,ms4 ,rosen1   
,ms4 ,hirono1 ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,ms4 
,baldwin1 and ,ms4 ,murkowski7 submitted
 the following resolution2 which was    
considered and agreed to  ,,resolution  
,congratulating astronauts ,dr4 ,jessica
 ,u4 ,meir and ,christina ,h4 ,koch for 
the historic accomplishment of          
completing the first all-female         
spacewalk4  ,whereas1 on ,october #ah1  
#bjai1 ,dr4 ,jessica ,u4 ,meir and      
,christina ,h4 ,koch became the first   
astronauts to take part in an all-female

 spacewalk2 ,whereas1 although the first
 spacewalk took place in #aifd1 the     
first female spacewalk did not take     
place until #aihd1 when ,kathryn        
,sullivan became the first woman of the 
,united ,states to perform a spacewalk  
with male astronaut ,david ,leestma2    
,whereas the ,october #ah1 #bjai        
spacewalk was the first spacewalk for   
,dr4 ,meir and the fourth spacewalk for 
,ms4 ,koch2 ,whereas1 during the #g hour
 and #g minute mission1 the #b          
astronauts successfully replaced a      
faulty #bcb-pound battery unit that     
charges and discharges the solar power  
system of the ,international ,space     
,station2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,meir and ,ms4  
,koch continue to perform critical tasks
 in support of the mission of the       
,national ,aeronautics and ,space       
,administration 7referred to in this    
preamble as ,,nasa7 and are conducting  
numerous experiments to advance         
scientific knowledge and the            
understanding of the long-term effects  

of space on humans2 ,whereas ,ms4 ,koch 
is expected to break the record for the 
longest single spaceflight by a woman   
when she completes her mission to the   
,international ,space ,station1 spending
 #cbh total consecutive days in space2  
,whereas ,dr4 ,meir is a native of      
,caribou1 ,maine1 and her impressive    
academic credentials include a bachelor 
of arts in ,biology from ,brown         
,university1 a master of science in     
,space ,studies from the ,international 
,space ,university1 and a doctorate in  
,marine ,biology from the ,scripps      
,institution of ,oceanography2 ,whereas 
,ms4 ,koch is a native of ,grand        
,rapids1 ,michigan1 and her superior    
academic credentials include a bachelor 
of science in ,electrical ,engineering1 
a bachelor of science in ,physics1 and a
 master of science in ,electrical       
,engineering from ,north ,carolina      
,state ,university2 ,whereas ,,nasa did 
not even admit women into its astronaut 
program until #aigh2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,meir

 and ,ms4 ,koch were both members of the
 #bjac ,astronaut ,candidate ,class of  
,,nasa1 which was comprised of #h       
astronauts and was the first class to   
include equal numbers of men and women2 
,whereas ,dr4 ,meir and ,ms4 ,koch are  
an inspiration to girls and boys across 
the ,united ,states and have spoken to  
hundreds of students from the           
,international ,space ,station to answer
 their questions and to encourage them  
to pursue their dreams2 ,whereas        
developing the next generation of women 
astronauts is a priority for the study  
and exploration of space3 ,now1         
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 congratulates and expresses pride  
in ,dr4 ,jessica ,u4 ,meir and          
,christina ,h4 ,koch for successfully   
completing the first all-female         
spacewalk in history2 and  7#b7 supports
 the efforts of the ,national           
,aeronautics and ,space ,administration 
7referred to in this resolving clause as
 ,,nasa7 to--  7,a7 fully integrate     

women into the astronaut corps2 and     
7,b7 ensure that one of the next humans 
to walk on the ,moon will be a woman4