February 1, 2005: Headlines: Congress: Oversight: Legislation: Appropriations: Senator Lugar: Norm Coleman continues to Chair Senate Subcommittee that oversees Peace Corps
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February 1, 2005: Headlines: Congress: Oversight: Legislation: Appropriations: Senator Lugar: Norm Coleman continues to Chair Senate Subcommittee that oversees Peace Corps
Norm Coleman continues to Chair Senate Subcommittee that oversees Peace Corps
Norm Coleman continues to Chair Senate Subcommittee that oversees Peace Corps
Foreign Relations Committee Announces Subcommittee Assignments
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Below is a list of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee subcommittee membership and jurisdiction approved today by the Committee. The jurisdictional statements are identical to those adopted at the beginning of the 108th Congress.
* The Chairman and Ranking Minority member of the full committee are ex officio members of each subcommittee on which they do not serve as members.
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Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs
Norm Coleman (R-MN), Chair
Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT) Ranking Member
Members of the Committee
Lincoln Chafee (R-RI)
John F. Kerry (D-MA)
George Allen (R-VA)
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Mel Martinez (R-FL)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
John E. Sununu (R-NH)
The geographic scope of this subcommittee extends from the Arctic Ocean to Tierra del Fuego, including the Caribbean. Problems which are of concern to the subcommittee include relations between the American nations, U.S.-Canadian affairs, boundary matters, the implementation of various treaties and conventions, economic relations and security matters affecting the Western Hemisphere, and the Organization of American States. This subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters, problems and policies involving promotion of U.S. trade and export; crime; and oversight over U.S. foreign assistance programs that fall within this subcommittee's regional jurisdiction.
This subcommittee also exercises general oversight over (1) all of the activities and programs of the Peace Corps; and (2) all U.S. foreign policy, programs and international cooperative efforts to combat the flow of illegal drugs or substances.
When this story was posted in January 2005, this was on the front page of PCOL:
| RPCVs mobilize support for Countries of Service RPCV Groups mobilize to support their Countries of Service. Over 200 RPCVS have already applied to the Crisis Corps to provide Tsunami Recovery aid, RPCVs have written a letter urging President Bush and Congress to aid Democracy in Ukraine, and RPCVs are writing NBC about a recent episode of the "West Wing" and asking them to get their facts right about Turkey. |
| Ask Not As our country prepares for the inauguration of a President, we remember one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century and how his words inspired us. "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." |
| Latest: RPCVs and Peace Corps provide aid Peace Corps made an appeal last week to all Thailand RPCV's to consider serving again through the Crisis Corps and more than 30 RPCVs have responded so far. RPCVs: Read what an RPCV-led NGO is doing about the crisis an how one RPCV is headed for Sri Lanka to help a nation he grew to love. Question: Is Crisis Corps going to send RPCVs to India, Indonesia and nine other countries that need help? |
| The World's Broken Promise to our Children Former Director Carol Bellamy, now head of Unicef, says that the appalling conditions endured today by half the world's children speak to a broken promise. Too many governments are doing worse than neglecting children -- they are making deliberate, informed choices that hurt children. Read her op-ed and Unicef's report on the State of the World's Children 2005. |
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