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On the recordMay 6, 2013
As a Senator from Massachusetts, I have deep appreciation and respect for the program that President Kennedy and Sargent Shriver and Harris Wofford created in order to involve Americans more actively in the cause of global democracy, peace, development, freedom, and friendship.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey praises the Peace Corps and its foundational goals.

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