[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 28, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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   IN RECOGNITION OF THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PEACE CORPS AND IN 
                CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL PEACE CORPS WEEK

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                         HON. ELLEN O. TAUSCHER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 28, 2006

  Mrs. TAUSCHER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in celebration of National 
Peace Corps Week and to congratulate the 7,800 Peace Corp Volunteers--
including 31 of my constituents--who are serving their country today in 
72 countries around the world.
  More than 182,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 138 countries 
since the organization's inception in 1961. Every year, thousands of 
selfless volunteers share their time and talents by serving as 
teachers, business advisors, information technology consultants, health 
and HIV/AIDS educators, and youth and agriculture workers.
  In addition to serving countries around the globe, 272 Peace Corps' 
Crisis Corps Volunteers were deployed to the Gulf Coast in the wake of 
Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. These volunteers assisted the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency with hurricane response efforts. 
The deployment of Peace Corps' Volunteers within the United States was 
a historic first, and a great help in managing this national disaster.
  I praise our nation's Peace Corps volunteers who serve their country 
and the world as humanitarians, devoting themselves to transferring 
life-changing knowledge and skills to the people of other nations.
  Mr. Speaker, I salute the hundreds of thousands of men and women of 
this nation who have selflessly served abroad as Peace Corps 
Volunteers. On this 45th Anniversary of the Peace Corps, I am 
especially proud to represent 31 such volunteers and I offer them my 
sincere gratitude.

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