[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 11, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E628]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. PETER J. ROSKAM

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 11, 2009

  Mr. ROSKAM. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the House Republican standards 
on earmarks, I am submitting the following information regarding 
earmarks I received as part of H.R. 1105, FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations 
Act:
  Requesting Member: Congressman Peter Roskam
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Department of Education, National Projects, Safe Schools and 
Citizenship Education, Economic Education Exchange Program
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Center for Civic Education
  Address of Requesting Entity: 5145 Douglas Fir Road, Calabasas, CA 
91302
  Description of Request: I rise in support of funding I helped secure 
in H.R. 1105, the FY09 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, for the 
Cooperative Education Exchange Program activities under the Education 
for Democracy Act. The Cooperative Education Exchange Program in 
economics is an important one that provides American educators the 
opportunity to join their counterparts from countries making the 
transition to a market economy. This provides these emerging areas with 
the benefit of assistance to education leaders in those foreign 
countries. It also provides the tremendous opportunity for us to have a 
voice in shaping these rising economies, and enabling us to think 
afresh about our own system, giving us the added benefit of enhanced 
critical self-evaluation. I am proud to support this program that has 
cast a wide influence--teachers and students from 43 states and DC have 
been able to engage teachers and students from more than 30 emerging 
democracies on the principles and institutions of a market economy and 
their interaction with a democracy.

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