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Sam Farr

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Sam Farr is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, serving California's 17th congressional district from 1993 to 2015. During his tenure, Farr was known for his advocacy on environmental issues, particularly in relation to coastal protection and sustainable agriculture. He played a significant role in promoting volunteerism and community service, as evidenced by his support for the National and Community Service Amendments Act of 2000.

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Mar 1, 2011

We had small business development in Colombia. There was also a whole bunch of people working on educational television, which the country was implementing and needed teachers who knew how to do that, and technicians on how to run the…

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Mar 1, 2011

He met his wife there too. They are happily married. So some Peace Corps volunteers come home with new families.

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Mar 1, 2011

I would also like to mention that we could use a lot more Peace Corps volunteers because of these countries that want us. They want us to come in for the first time, they want us to grow. Vietnam is interested in getting the Peace Corps…

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Mar 1, 2011

It's one thing to be a Peace Corps volunteer. It is one thing to bring two nations at war together living in peace because you are Peace Corps volunteers. I think that's a great tribute. You mentioned Chic Dambach. He was a student of mine…

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Mar 1, 2011

Would you share for me, I got here a little late, maybe you already did, but I think you did one of the most remarkable diplomatic missions ever in being asked to come back to Ethiopia with some colleagues of the Peace Corps by the…

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Mar 1, 2011

John, I went into the Peace Corps right after graduating from college in 1963. I knew I wanted to be called for that service. I had done Air Force ROTC in college, and I worked overseas for a cousin who had a factory in Argentina. It was…

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Mar 1, 2011

Thank you very much, Congresswoman Lois Capps. I'm so fond of you and the service you give in your wonderful district, the Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo County coastlines. Yes, I was with Congresswoman Capps last week when we hosted…

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Mar 1, 2011

You did it even more so, because you were married, you were a rock star athlete out of California, you were at the University of California Berkeley. And to be married and to take that risk, sort of walking away from what was just the…

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Feb 18, 2011

Thank you for yielding. I represent a lot of fishermen in the west coast in California and up the west coast all the way up to Alaska. The catch share program has worked very well. The reason you have it is, one, you only have two systems…

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Feb 18, 2011

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I rise in opposition to this amendment. We have been on a 3-day marathon talking about how we are going to cut, squeeze, and trim the Federal Government. Frankly, we haven't even hit the big stuff. Seventy-five…

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Feb 18, 2011

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise reluctantly because Mr. Kingston and myself, I think, have a great deal of respect for how we ought to be managing the future of payments, and I concur with his remarks. But I am rising in favor…

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Feb 18, 2011

Thank you for yielding. This is a bad amendment, and I urge all of my friends to carefully consider it. Mr. Heller may have an issue in Nevada, and he says he wants to have legislation to require Congress to make these designations, but…

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