[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 8929]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




VISIT TO THE SENATE BY MEMBERS OF SUMMIT OF NATIONAL CONGRESSES OF THE 
                    AMERICAS ON FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask the Senate to permit me the honor 
of introducing to the Senate Members of National Congresses of the 
Americas who are here in Washington for a conference on the freedom of 
the press. I have representatives of the National Congresses of the 
Americas from Argentina, Senator Guillermo Jenefes, Senate, and 
Representative Carlos Federico Ruckauf, Congressman, House of 
Representatives; Bolivia, Senator Alfonso Cabrera, Senate, and 
Representative Oscar Sandoval Moron, House of Representatives; Brazil, 
Senator Helio Costa, Senate, and Representative Celso Russomanno, House 
of Representatives; Chile, Senator Andres Zaldivar Larrain, Ex-
President of the Senate, Senator Alberto Espina Otero, Senate, and 
Representative Pablo Lorenzini, President of the House of 
Representatives; Colombia, Representative Alonso Rafael Acosta Osio, 
President of the House of Representatives; Costa Rica, Representative 
Mario Redondo Poveda, Ex-President of the National Congress; the 
Dominican Republic, George Andres Lopez Hilario, Senate Meetings 
Coordinator; Ecuador, Representative Jaime Estrada Bonilla, National 
Congress, and Representative Pedro J. Valverde Rubira, National 
Congress; El Salvador, Representative Ciro Cruz Zepeda Pena, President, 
National Congress, Representative Ileana Rogel, National Congress, and 
Representative Francisco Merino Lopez, National Congress; Guatemala, 
Representative Ruben Dario Morales, First Vice President, National 
Congress; Honduras, Representative Samuel Bogran Prieto, Vice 
President, National Congress, and Representative Gilberto Goldstein, 
National Congress; Jamaica, Deika Morrison, Senator and Minister of 
State, and Michael Anthony Peart, Speaker of the House of 
Representatives; Mexico, Representative Francisco Arroyo Vierya, Vice 
Presidente, House of Representatives; Nicaragua, Representative Carlos 
Noguera Pastora, President, National Congress; Paraguay, Senator 
Modesto Luis Guggiari, Senate, and Representative Rafael Filizzola, 
House of Representatives; Peru, Representative Carlos Almeri Veramendi, 
National Congress, and Representative Enith Chuquival Saavedra, 
National Congress; United States, Senator Ted Stevens, Senate Pro-
Tempore, U.S. Senate; Uruguay, Senator Luis Hierro Lopez, Senate 
President and Vice President of Uruguay, and Representative Jose Amorin 
Batlle, President, House of Representatives; and Venezuela, Ricardo 
Antonio Gutierrez Briceno, First Vice President, National Congress.

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