[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2796]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            PEACE CORPS WEEK

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Madam Speaker, President Kennedy, 47 years ago at the 
establishment of the Peace Corps, said that reactions to the Peace 
Corps are proof that we have in America ``an immense reservoir of such 
men and women, anxious to sacrifice their energies and time and toil to 
the cause of world peace and human progress.''
  What was true in 1961 as it is true today. Peace Corps volunteers are 
an outstanding group of men and women serving the cause of humanity 
across the globe.
  This year, those words have even more meaning for me as my daughter 
Anne is serving in the Peace Corps in Mozambique.
  During this National Peace Corps Week, I want to commend the service 
and commitment of the Peace Corps volunteers from my community and 
express our pride in fellow Oregonians who have chosen to devote 2 
years or more of their lives in service to others.
  In addition to Anne Blumenauer, I would like to recognize John Bento, 
serving in Georgia; Amanda Bickle-Eldridge, serving in Nicaragua; 
Stuart Chidester, serving in Paraguay; Melanie Edwards, serving in 
Azerbaijan; Ashley Hollenbeck, serving in Morocco; Andrea Lawrence, 
serving in Bolivia; James Lensen-Callas, serving in Peru; Erik Nelson, 
serving in Georgia; Sami Oeser, serving in Botswana; Sandra Stevens, 
serving in Jamaica; Paul Sylvester, serving in Samoa; Normand Tremblay, 
serving in Cameroon; and Natalie Wilson, serving in Botswana.
  They are the foundation for creating a safer and more prosperous 
world, establishing a better future for people everywhere.

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