[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4666]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                       THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION

 Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I would like to extend my 
congratulations to the Kosciuszko Foundation--the American Center for 
Polish Culture--in honor of the Foundation celebrating its 75th 
Anniversary.
  As the oldest not-for-profit institution in the United States which 
maintains cultural and educational exchanges between the U.S. and 
Poland, the Kosciuszko Foundation organizes academic, scholarly and 
scientific exchanges, and fellowships and grants for Polish scholars.
  The Foundation also supports efforts to further business and economic 
education in Poland, and it also funds valuable programs to prepare 
Poland's political and social leaders for the country's new democratic 
system.
  I commend the Kosciuszko Foundation for promoting Polish education 
and culture, and for its years of dedicated service to the Polish and 
Polish-American community. Many thanks also must go to the dedicated 
folks at the foundation for maintaining the vital Polish 
culture.

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