Carolyn B. Maloney: “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.

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.

While the bill's restoration of funding to skilled nursing facilities is favorable, only a band-aid, temporary remedy is provided for outpatient hospital departments.

I am asking for no specific amount of money, nor to direct disease-specific research.