Carolyn B. Maloney: “I thank you, Chairman Schumer.”

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.

I salute Mr. Savas Tsivicos and the work of the officers and friends of the Panpaphian Association of America.

The teaching hospitals are the 'safety net' hospitals that care for the nation's low-income and uninsured patients when they are sick and have nowhere else to turn.

Savas Tsivicos is a proud American who has not forgotten his roots. He is imbued with determination to bring justice and freedom to Cyprus.