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Introduction by J. Brian Atwood of Congresswoman Connie Morella
Secretary's Open Forum
Washington, D.C., June 13, 1997
U.S. Agency for International Development

Now it is a special pleasure to introduce Congresswoman Connie Morella of Maryland to this Open Forum. She is Chairman of the House Science Committee's Technology Subcommittee and also serves on its Basic Research Subcommittee. She serves on the Government Reform and Oversight Committee and its Civil Service Subcommittee, and is vice-chairman of the Subcommittee of the District of Columbia.

Connie Morella is a recognized leader in a number of matters of special importance to USAID -- on issues of women's health, education, and economic equity and in the fight against HIV\AIDS, as well as environmental and sustainable development issues, especially environmentally sound technology and population stabilization.

Long active in international and human rights issues, Congresswoman Morella represented the United States at the U.N. Conference on Population and Development in Cairo and co-chaired the congressional delegation to the U. N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. She was also the first woman to chair the Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus.

Elected last November to a sixth term in Congress, Connie Morella brings a rich and varied background to that body. She served eight years in the Maryland House of Delegates and was an English professor for fifteen years. A graduate of Boston University, she also holds a Master's degree from the American University. She and her law professor husband, Tony, have three children and they reared her late sister's six children as well.

We are delighted to have this warm, talented and accomplished public servant address the Secretary's Open Forum today -- Congresswoman Connie Morella.

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