[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 9217-9218]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        TRIBUTE TO AMBASSADOR RENEE JONES-BOS OF THE NETHERLANDS

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                         HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 18, 2012

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to extend my warmest regards and 
great appreciation to Ambassador Jones-Bos for her successful efforts 
to reinforce the strong ties between the people of the United States 
and the people of the Netherlands.
  For four years, Ambassador Jones-Bos has served the Dutch people with 
energy and grace in a time of great tumult for both the Dutch and 
American people. During her tenure, our two peoples have stood side-by-
side on the battlefields of Afghanistan and as partners in the 
aftermath of global financial crisis. Throughout these challenges, 
Ambassador Jones-Bos has been a poised and unwavering advocate for her 
country and strong ally to the United States. Through her educational 
efforts and through her sound advice at key times, Ambassador Jones-Bos 
has played a major diplomatic role in the most significant events of 
our bi-lateral relationship over the last four years.
  The people of the Netherlands and the United States have shared a 
bond since the Dutch ship, the Half Moon, first sailed up the Hudson 
River more than 400 years ago. The Dutch helped settle and found New 
Amsterdam, Brooklyn, and Harlem. Their descendents rose to become 
Presidents of the United States and to build the great fortunes that 
helped America attain its stature as the most prosperous and powerful 
Nation this world has ever known.
  As an enthusiastic and committed joint-custodian of those ties since 
2008, Ambassador Jones-Bos helped to strengthen our ability to confront 
with confidence the major challenges that our two countries face today. 
The strength

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of our alliance and the endurance of our friendship have made both our 
nations stronger and the world more secure as a consequence.
  As co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on the Netherlands, on behalf 
of my colleagues and on behalf of a grateful Nation, I thank Ambassador 
Jones-Bos for her dedicated service in support of the ties between the 
Dutch and American people and I congratulate her on her many successes 
as her country's representative to the U.S.

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