[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 24 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H457-H458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              PEACE CORPS

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Madam Speaker, I salute Mr. Farr on his work with the 
Peace Corps, and I rise too as well to salute that 45th anniversary.
  President Kennedy, as was mentioned, started the Peace Corps and 
asked his brother-in-law, R. Sargent Shriver to command, and appointed 
him as the first director. As the year progressed, the program 
continued to grow, sending volunteers to Ghana, Tanzania, Colombia, the 
Philippines, Chile, and St. Lucia. More than 5,000 applicants took the 
first exams to enter the Peace Corps. It has grown significantly in 
numbers.
  I recently had the opportunity to meet with a number of volunteers 
who were currently working in Guatemala and appreciate the hard work 
that they are doing in the destitute regions of that country. I would 
also like to salute and commend the following constituents from my 
district who have been serving in the Peace Corps in those various 
countries: Benjamin Andrews in South Africa, Megan Chodora

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in Moldova, Pat Koester in Thailand, Michael Kreidler in the Ukraine, 
Merril Miceli in Kazakhstan, and Patrina Ngo in Kyrgyztan.
  Thanks to those volunteers and the others in our Nation who help make 
the Peace Corps fulfill its international humanitarian mission. My hat 
is off to President Kennedy on its 45th anniversary and all of those 
who have served.

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