[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 13, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HUMANITARIAN AID--MOSCOW, RUSSIA

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                            HON. SAM JOHNSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 13, 1997

  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in a day and age where 
responsibility is shirked and leisure is honored over discipline, I 
would like to commend to you 14 young men who have shouldered 
responsibility beyond their years. These men served as Ambassadors of 
good will and friendship to the city of Moscow, Russia, under the 
direct invitation and authority of the Moscow Department of Education, 
between July 19 and September 3, 1996, as a part of Operation 
Flexibility 96-2. During this time they were involved in community 
assistance, demolition, construction, renovation projects, and meeting 
the basic needs of those around them. Their work and influence has not 
gone unnoticed by the Russian authorities, and indeed, the rest of the 
world, as they have been acclaimed and invited to several States and 
nations to continue the same tradition of service. The lessons and 
character that they are developing though their constant ministry, has 
and will continue to affect the lives of those they serve and meet in a 
positive manner.
  Seth Campbell (ID), Andrew Cope (SC), Paul Elliott (WY), Ryan 
Gearhart (OK), Robert Myer (FL), Timothy Rogers (NY), David Servideo 
(VA), Adam Shelley (MO), Michael Shoemaker (IN), Scott Westendorf (OR), 
Brian Wicker (AZ), Matthew Yordy (IN), Joshua Meals (TN), Joshua Tanner 
(MI).

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