Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
U.S. Representative, Florida, Republican
Representative Ros-Lehtinen, of the Eighteenth District of Florida, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1988. She chairs the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The following is excerpted from Ros-Lehtinen’s May 11, 2011, statement during the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the Peace Corps at 50. Over 200,000 Americans have served in the Peace Corps. Today, there are over 8,000 Peace Corps volunteers serving in 77 countries. Three hundred of these volunteers are from the State of Florida, and nine are from my own district. According to the Peace Corps’ facts and figures, 60…
