IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 758 
Welcoming the members and staff of the parliaments of East Timor, Georgia, 
Indonesia, and Macedonia to the House of Representatives as the first 
partner parliaments of the House Democracy Assistance Commission. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 4, 2006 
Mr. DREIER (for himself, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. 
GILLMOR, Mr. KIRK, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 
COLE of Oklahoma, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. 
REYES, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. HOLT, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, and 
Ms. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Welcoming the members and staff of the parliaments of 
East Timor, Georgia, Indonesia, and Macedonia to the 
House of Representatives as the first partner parliaments 
of the House Democracy Assistance Commission. 
Whereas since its founding, the United States has cham-
pioned democracy around the world; 
Whereas central to the success of any democracy is a strong, 
independent legislature which can act as a check on the 
executive branch; 
Whereas in his second inaugural address on January 20, 
2005, President George W. Bush declared: ‘‘The best 
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hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom 
in all the world. . . . So it is the policy of the United 
States to seek and support the growth of democratic 
movements and institutions in every nation and culture, 
with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.’’; 
Whereas the House Democracy Assistance Commission was 
established by the House of Representatives on March 
14, 2005, to offer assistance and support to parliaments 
of new democracies as they strengthen accountability, 
transparency, legislative independence, and government 
oversight; 
Whereas the House Democracy Assistance Commission en-
ables Members and staff of the House of Representatives 
to personally undertake what President Bush called ‘‘the 
idealistic work of helping raise up free governments’’ as 
they work directly with their counterparts in new democ-
racies around the world to help those parliaments play an 
independent and substantive role in the legislative process 
and government oversight; 
Whereas the House Democracy Assistance Commission has 
established partnerships between the House of Represent-
atives and the parliaments of Afghanistan, East Timor, 
Georgia, Indonesia, Kenya, Lebanon, and Macedonia; 
Whereas the House Democracy Assistance Commission will 
bring members and staff of the parliaments of East 
Timor, Georgia, Indonesia, and Macedonia to the United 
States from April 17 to 28, 2006, to observe first-hand 
the work of the Members, officers, and staff of the House 
of Representatives and congressional support agencies; 
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Whereas a similar program will be conducted later this year 
for members and staff of the parliaments of Afghanistan, 
Kenya, Lebanon, and perhaps other countries; 
Whereas the House Democracy Assistance Commission sent 
a congressional delegation to Indonesia and East Timor 
in February 2006 to work with members and staff of the 
parliaments of those countries and plans to send delega-
tions to other partner countries; and 
Whereas the House Democracy Assistance Commission will 
enter into similar partnerships with the parliaments of 
other new democracies around the world, including de-
mocracies in the Western Hemisphere: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) restates its commitment to help strengthen 
democracy around the world through the work of the 
House Democracy Assistance Commission; 
(2) welcomes the members and staff of the par-
liaments of East Timor, Georgia, Indonesia, and 
Macedonia to the United States and the House of 
Representatives; 
(3) endorses a continuing partnership between 
the House of Representatives and the parliaments of 
East Timor, Georgia, Indonesia, and Macedonia; 
(4) supports future exchanges between the 
House of Representatives and the parliaments of Af-
ghanistan, Kenya, Lebanon, as well as similar part-
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