I hope permanent solutions can be found for ending the division of Cyprus and finding a mutually agreed upon name for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Additionally. I strongly support the inclusion of Greece in the Visa Waiver Program. Last month. along with Representatives SPACE and BILIRAKIS and 18 of our House colleagues. we sent letters to Secretary Rice and Secretary Chertoff urging them to extend the Visa Waiver Program to Greece. Greece is the only member of the original 15 European Union nations not to belong to the Visa Waiver Program. Greece has met the criteria for the program. including a less than 3 percent refusal rate of U.S. nonimmigrant visa applicants and biometric passports. I hope that they will soon be included in the program. and I ask my colleagues and the Nation to join me in celebrating Greeks independence today. Additionally. it is my sincere pleasure to pay tribute to the New York Hellenic American community for its many. many contributions to our city and Nation.
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