[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15861-15862]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            WELCOMING THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

  (Mr. CONNOLLY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, as the co-chair of the Korea Caucus here 
in Congress, as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I 
extend my warm greetings to President Park on her second official visit 
to the United States.
  The U.S. and the Republic of Korea share deep ties, an alliance 
forged in blood and sweat and toil. Out of the Korean war emerged one 
of the great miracles of economic development the world has ever seen, 
the Republic of Korea.
  The ROK has emerged as an economic juggernaut with a vibrant 
democracy and a strong alliance with us, the United States. During the 
President's visit, I think she will be glad also to find that those 
ties are familial. We have a deep and vibrant community, Korean 
American community here in the United States, including right here in 
the national capital region and in my district in northern Virginia.
  Alliances are often defined by military or economic ties. Our ties go 
even deeper. Those family ties are what connect us with the Republic of 
Korea and the Congressional Caucus.
  I wish the President well, look forward to a successful trip, and 
look forward to continuing to work with her and her government as the 
co-chairman of the Korea Caucus.

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