mr. chairman , i yield myself such time as i may consume .  unfortunately , i think that in the past there may have been some politics involved .  i understand that one of my colleagues on this side had achieved the requisite number of signatures for a commemorative gold medal for the columbia 107 in the last congress , in the middle of the last congress , and that was never awarded .  so i do not know why .  i do not know if there was any reason for that , when the requisite number of signatures were given , that that bill was not taken up in the committee and that member was not successful in getting that award to the columbia 107 .  why that was not done , i do not know .  i do not know if politics was part of that .  maybe someone can answer that question .  but therein lies the problem , that from time to time , quite possibly there is politics involved as to why some individuals receive the gold medals and others do not .  mr. chairman , i reserve the balance of my time .  