Education Makes Children Less Dependent Upon Others

Teachers Are Our Greatest Public Servants; They Spend Their Lives Educating Our Young People And Shaping Our Nation For Tomorrow.

To Honor Our National Promise To Our Veterans, We Must Continue To Improve Services For Our Men And Women In Uniform Today And Provide Long Overdue Benefits For The Veterans And Military Retirees Who Have Already Served.

This Congress Has Promised All Manner Of Border Security And Port Security To The Tune Of Billions Of Dollars... Yet We Have - To Date - Funded Our Promises For Port Security At Only $900 Million. That's Quite A Distance Between What We Say And What We Actually Do.

The Peace Corps Is An Outstanding Organization That Promotes Peace Through Helping Countless Individuals Who Want To Help Build A Better Life For The Community In Which They Serve.

Mr. Speaker, I Rise Today To Recognize The Peace Corps As It Reached Its 45th Anniversary On March 1, 2006.