[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 11, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S9015]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     INTERNATIONAL PROJECT CITIZEN

  Mr. COCHRAN. Madam President, I am pleased to advise the Senate that 
on July 15-17, 2007, more than 250 students from 33 countries will 
travel to Washington, DC, to participate in Empowering a New Generation 
for Democracy: The International Project Citizen Showcase. The showcase 
is the culmination of months of work by students to create public 
policy plans to solve problems in their local communities from around 
the world.
  Project Citizen, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education 
under the Education for Democracy Act, actively engages young people in 
the civic life of their communities. This interactive education program 
promotes engagement in government by challenging students to identify a 
public policy issue that is important to them, propose a solution, and 
create a political action plan for implementation of their solution. 
This year's projects addressed a wide range of issues from drug 
addiction to neglected historical monuments.
  I invite my colleagues to observe these impressive portfolios on 
exhibit Tuesday, July 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7 
p.m. in the Russell Caucus Room.
  I ask unanimous consent that the list of countries represented in 
Project Citizen be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

       Student teams from the following locations are expected to 
     participate:


                           EUROPE AND EURASIA

     Bosnia and Herzegovina
     Bulgaria
     Croatia
     Czech Republic
     Estonia
     Kosovo (under UN administration)
     Lithuania
     Montenegro
     Northern Ireland
     Russia (East)
     Russia (West)
     Slovakia
     Ukraine


                                  ASIA

     China
     India
     Indonesia
     Thailand


                               NEAR EAST

     Jordan
     West Bank and Gaza


                                 AFRICA

     Ghana
     Mali
     Nigeria
     Senegal
     South Africa


                    LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

     Argentina
     Chile
     Colombia
     Costa Rica
     Dominican Republic
     Ecuador
     Panama
     Peru
     Venezuela


                             UNITED STATES

     Florida
     Washington

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