[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 3996-3997]
[From the U.S. 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

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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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