[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 27 (Thursday, March 4, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E302]
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                COMMEMORATING NATIONAL PEACE CORPS WEEK

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                          HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 4, 2004

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate National Peace 
Corps Week, which runs from March lst through the 7th.
  In our currently expanding global community, it is important to 
recognize the integral role that the Peace Corps has played in our 
past, as well the vital role it will continue to play in our future. As 
our interaction and interdependence on many foreign countries continues 
to show its relevance to our own welfare, it is important that the 
United States have a network of ambassadors like the Peace Corps 
Volunteers to connect on a local level with citizens of other nations.
  With a history dating back to 1961, and a portfolio serving 137 
countries, the Peace Corps can boast over 170,000 Peace Corps 
Volunteers Alumni, who have worked around the globe promoting world 
peace and friendship. There are currently over 7,500 Volunteers serving 
in 71 countries, which represents the highest number of Volunteers in 
the past 28 years.
  I am proud to say that the 6th Congressional District of California 
currently has 39 of its own as Peace Corps Volunteers. They are, in 
alphabetical order and followed by the countries in which they serve: 
Emily A. Alden, Tanzania; Nicole M. Arnone, Madagascar; Marion Basel, 
Ghana; Laura Brinkoetter, Bangladesh; Christine Callinan, Micronesia; 
Jenifer Clover, Uzbekistan; Ryan E. Crew, Swaziland; Janice M. Crowe, 
Bulgaria; Lindsay C. Culp, Philippines; Kathryn E. Davis, Namibia; 
Katie M. Delahunty, Nicaragua; Charles S. Dietrich, Paraguay; Keith B. 
Ebright, Zambia; Jacob E. Fleming, Kyrgyzstan; Jennifer C. Galvin, 
Samoa; Alexandra, Geary-Stock, Swaziland; Tamara M. Gelvin, Morocco; 
Marcus A. Hawkins, Ukraine; Andrew B. Huston, Nepal; Joy Jacobs, 
Dominican Republic; Michael Y. Lee, Samoa; Laura J. Leones, Eastern 
Caribbean; Nickolette D. Patrick, Ukraine; Andrea R. Rask, Eastern 
Caribbean; Sara B. Riese, Burkina Faso; Leslie A. Schafer, Kenya; Sarah 
E. Schumacher, Macedonia; Mairead J. Schwab, Ghana; Jeremy B. Smith, 
Paraguay; Suzanne D. Smith, Philippines; Visalia T. Stanley, Haiti; 
Jill M. Talmage, Bulgaria; Eric J. Tawney, Vanuatu; Jenny K. Tegelvik, 
Honduras; Brian C. Vaughn, Nicaragua; Sarah F. Wiens, Kyrgyzstan; Tami 
M. Williams, Nicaragua; Heather J. Windom, Macedonia; Kenji A. Wright, 
Panama.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in commemorating National 
Peace Corps Week and honoring the men and women who have committed 
years of their lives to make our world a better place. It is with this 
sustained dedication, that lives will be changed, terminal diseases 
defeated, and poverty eradicated for citizens in every corner of the 
globe. I commend these brave and unselfish Volunteers and the spirit 
with which they are affecting change.

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