[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 144 (Thursday, October 21, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H10619]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICORPS

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I am here today to pay tribute to 
AmeriCorps on its fifth anniversary.
  AmeriCorps is a program that gives volunteers the chance to grow 
while giving millions of others a helping hand. Thanks to AmeriCorps, 4 
million children have been tutored, 10,000 homes have been built, 
600,000 seniors have been helped today live independently, and disaster 
survivors have been assisted. That is what I call a successful program.
  Recently, some of my colleagues wanted to cut AmeriCorps and they 
want the funding to be killed. Thankfully they changed their mind. Now 
over the next 5 years hundreds of thousands of Americans can look 
forward to richer lives either through the opportunity to help others 
or through the good fortune of being helped.
  I say keep up the good work, AmeriCorps. Happy anniversary. America 
thanks you.

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