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Passage of 9/11 Bill takes First Step towards Modernization of Visa Waiver Program Emanuel Pledges to Continue Fight to Admit Poland into the Program

8/3/2007 - Karolina Zaczek
Congressional Aide/
Community Outreach Liaison
Congressman Rahm Emanuel (IL, 5th)
Chicago office

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
Friday, July 27, 2007 Kathleen
Connery/202-226-7639
Sarah Feinberg, Nick
Papas/202-225-1400

Passage of 9/11 Bill takes First Step towards Modernization of Visa Waiver
Program
Emanuel Pledges to Continue Fight to Admit Poland into the Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) released
the following statement praising the passage of the 9/11 Bill, this
legislation will make America safer by implementing the recommendations of
the bipartisan 9/11 Commission and stronger by modernizing the Visa Waiver
Program.

"Poland is a first class friend and you cannot treat your first class friend
as a second class citizen. Expanding the Visa Waiver Program is an
important step towards providing our closest allies with the opportunity to
visit to the United States. This bill is only a starting point. I will
continue to fight to make Poland part of the visa waiver program."

Emanuel has led the way to modernize and expand this program. In his first
term in Congress, Emanuel introduced an amendment to the foreign aid bill
calling on the Secretary of State to include Poland in the Visa Waiver
program. In the 109th Congress, Emanuel introduced a resolution calling on
the Secretary of State to include Poland in the Visa Waiver program [HR 78.]
Last year, President Bush called on Congress to expand the program to
deserving nations making it easier for citizens of our allies to come to the
United States and at the same time share information to thwart terrorist
plots. And this year, Emanuel introduced the Visa Waiver Modernization Act
of 2007 [HR 1543] expanding the Visa Waver program to our allies in the
global war on terror including Poland.

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Washington, D.C. - Dzisiaj, Kongresman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) wydal
nastepujacy komunikat na temat przyznania projektu ustawy "9/11 Bill".
Ustawa ma wzmocnic bezpieczenstwo narodowe Ameryki przez wprowadzenie
rekomendacji obupartyjnej Komisji 911 i zwiekszenie liczbe panstw objete
programem bezwizowym wspolpracujac we walce z terroryzmem.

"Polska jest przyjacielem pierwszej kategorii i nie mozemy traktowac naszych
sprawdzonych aliantow jako obywateli drugiej kategorii. Rozwiniecie Programu
Bezwizowego jest istotne dla umozliwienia podrozy do Stanow Zjednoczonych
dla naszych najblizszych miedzynarodowych sojusznikow, jak Polska. Ta ustawa
jest kolejnym krokiem w osiagnieciu wymienionego celu. Nie przestane walczyc
zeby Polska byla objeta Program Bezwizowym," powiedzial Emanuel.

Od poczatku swojej dzialalnosci w Kongresie kongresman Emanuel zabiega o
objecie Polski programem bezwizowym. Podczas zarowno 108 jak i 109 kandencji
Kongresu. Kongresman Emanuel przedstawil obupartyjne rezolucje (HR 601 oraz
HR 78 "Rezolucja w Sprawie Zniesienia Wiz dla Polski"), wzywajace
Departamenty Stanu oraz Bezpieczenstwa Wewnetrznego do objecia Polski
programem bezwizowym. Kongresman pisal wielokrotnie do Sekretarza Stanu
Colina Powella, do Sekretarza Stanu Condoleezzy Rice, a ostatnio do
Prezydenta Busha, podkreslajac swoje mocne poparcie dla objecia Polski
programem bezwizowym. W zeszlym roku, Prezydent Bush wezwal Kongres do
rozszerzenia programu bezwizowego o kolejne zaslugujace na to panstwa, aby
ulatwic obywatelom naszych sojusznikow podroz do Stanow Zjednoczonych ,
wspolpracujac jednoczesnie we wspolnej walce z terroryzmem. W tym roku,
kongresman Emanuel przedstawil projekt ustway o rozszerzeniu programu
bezwizowego (HR 1543 "Zmodernizowany Program Zniesienia Wiz 2007") ktory by
zwiekszyl liczbe panstw objete programem bezwizowym oraz wzmocni standardy
bezpieczenstwa wszystkich krajow nim objetych.




Karolina Zaczek
Congressional Aide/
Community Outreach Liaison
Congressman Rahm Emanuel (IL, 5th)
Chicago office

Sign up for Rahm's online newsletter at:
http://www.house.gov/emanuel


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