May 9, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 77 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                        Tribute to Michael Kozak

  Mr. President, I would like to first recognize Ambassador Michael 
Kozak from Arlington. Ambassador Kozak currently serves as Senior 
Bureau Official at the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor. When I first read this, I did a double-take because 
Ambassador Kozak's remarkable career at State spans 47 years and nine 
Presidents.
  Throughout his accomplished career, Ambassador Kozak has been a 
steadfast advocate for democracy and human rights abroad, serving at 
the forefront of many historical negotiations. During the seventies and 
eighties, he played a key role in negotiating the Panama Canal and 
Egypt-Israel peace treaties. In the 1990s, as chief of mission in 
Havana, he led the talks with senior officials from Fidel Castro's 
regime in Cuba before his appointment as Ambassador to Belarus.
  Throughout his career, Ambassador Kozak has worked to combat anti-
Semitism and promote human rights, and his work has been instrumental 
to promoting global peace and U.S. interests abroad.
  Thank you, Ambassador Kozak.