[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 19, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E332]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             RECOGNIZING RECIPIENTS OF THE FULBRIGHT AWARD

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                             HON. TOM REED

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 19, 2013

  Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the individuals from 
the 23rd District of New York who were recently awarded the Fulbright 
Award. Thirteen constituents from my district were selected to receive 
this prestigious honor: Dr. Christopher Barrett, Ms. Emily Brown, Ms. 
Abena Bruce, Ms. Dina Bryan, Dr. Abigail Cohn, Dr. Matthew Evangelista, 
Mr. Andrew Hart, Dr. Teresa Jordan, Ms. Catherine Kearns, Mr. Joshua 
Kim, Mr. John Maher, Dr. Judith McKinney, and Ms. Sarah Steece.
  The recipients include both undergraduate students and scholars from 
a wide range of higher education institutions including Cornell 
University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Ithaca College, New York 
University, Stanford University, and Williams College.
  The Fulbright Program is America's largest international exchange 
program, having linked over a quarter of a million students with more 
than 155 countries worldwide. These opportunities not only offer our 
students a chance to educate themselves in foreign nations but these 
programs also help to strengthen our relationships with their host 
countries. Since 1977 when the Fulbright Association was established, 
many notable individuals have been recipients of this award. Ten 
Fulbright recipients have been elected to the United States Congress, 
43 have received a Nobel Prize, and 78 have received the Pulitzer 
Prize.
  Fulbright Award recipients are selected on the basis of academic or 
professional achievement as well as the leadership potential they show 
in their fields. It is a privilege to represent a district that so many 
of these award recipients call home. The bar has now been set very 
high, and I am proud to have them representing our nation as 
ambassadors abroad.

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