Carolyn B. Maloney: “I ask that my colleagues rise with me in this tribute to the Pancyprian Association of America Dance Division, a group…”

The restorations come at the expense of direct- graduate- medical- education funding. This means that teaching hospitals in my state will be deprived of $100 to $130 million dollars over 5 years.

The Panpaphian Association was founded in 1987, by a group of Cypriot-Americans of Paphian ancestry in order to encourage and help promote awareness of the customs and traditions of the region of Paphos and Cyprus.

I believe that we can do a better job at protecting our Medicare beneficiaries, providers and teaching hospitals. I urge a 'no' vote.

It is a vital philanthropic organization concerned with education, the health and well-being of students from the United States and Cyprus, and the liberation of Cyprus from the Turkish invasion of 1974.