| Honoring Jorge Celedon |
May 3, 2013 |
|
Joe Garcia, D-FL
|
|
"While achieving success as a recording artist, Jorge’s music career has helped fuel his charitable work. Recently, he worked closely with United for Colombia, a non-profit organization based in Colombia and Washington D.C. to help the victims of mine explosions. Thanks to Jorge’s efforts, many children in Colombia are now enjoying open spaces free from dangerous land mines."
|
|
| Recognition Of The Minority Leader |
March 19, 2013 |
|
Roy Blunt, R-MO
|
|
"In our State, there are contract towers in Missouri—in Branson, in Joplin, in Colombia, in Jefferson City and Saint Joseph. All those could be affected, depending on how the FAA administers this cut in the contract tower line. A number of other airports in Missouri, including Springfield, downtown Kansas City, and downtown St. Louis, could lose their towers in the after-midnight service, and those planes that now land there after midnight would either not do that or would do that without the support of the tower they have now that assists in landing."
|
|
| Department Of State Rewards Program Update And Technical Corrections Act Of 2012 |
December 30, 2012 |
|
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-FL
|
|
"Since the 1980s, the State Department has had authority to offer rewards leading to the arrests and convictions for international narcotics trafficking, acts of terrorism, and war crimes. These reward programs have proven to be effective tools for disrupting and dismantling terrorist cells and drug cartels around the world, enjoying both high-profile and quiet successes in locating many dangerous individuals, including Ramzi Yousef, one of the perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center attack, Saddam Hussein’s sons, and narcotrafficking commanders of the FARC in Colombia."
|
|
| Human Rights Day |
December 10, 2012 |
|
Richard Blumenthal, D-CT
|
|
"She was born in Colombia, but her roots are in America. She has dreams and goals for the future like any young woman her age, and she is proud of her connection, her roots in this country. She wants to go to college, but for so long has feared that she would not be able to go."
|
|
| The Dream Act |
November 26, 2012 |
|
Richard Blumenthal, D-CT
|
|
"She was born in Colombia and she is here with us in this photograph. She was brought to America when she was 12 years old, living now in East Haven where she has attended school. She is in her senior year of high school where she has thrived as a member of the Honor Society, the Executive Board of the Student Council, and president of the Interact Club, the National Honor Society."
|
|