farmers grow this tree crop in countries such as liberia. she recently spent time as part of a research exchange program. mushu wants to expand her country's market. >> i wanted to learn more about the cocoa industry and take that back home to liberia, that i would be able to change things in liberia, to improve the cocoa quality in my country. >> we have a wide range of businesses that would benefit from this research. >> dr. wilcox works in development. a frequent customer of the cocoa tree, he -- and believe there's a potential partnership here. >> we're trying to put liberia in a position to sell beans to the united states and companies in tennessee and elsewhere. it's a product we need in order to continue providing what so many people love in your chocolate products. >> bethany plans to name a chocolate truffle for her friend. cocoa beans are -- to supply the -- with chocolate. anyone would call this new business arrangement sweet. >>> chuck tells us dr. wilcox traveled to africa as part of this program. next week, keeping a coy boy tr

liberia is a country on the western coast of africa. they were at the end of a 14-year civil war. there were thousands of homeless refugees living in shelters made of nothing but wood and plastic. many people were in great need of dr. wan's medical attention. >> being a pediatrician, i was hoping my mission would be geared more toward kids, but when they told me i would have to be a doctor for everybody, i was a little afraid. but when i got there, i was fine because i would say 70%, 80% of my patients were kids. >> reporter: this is a different world than what we are used to in the u.s. like the refugees, dr. wan lived with no running water or electricity, but making the adjustment was not the biggest issue he faced. >> it was a team of three. myself, which is one doctor, one nurse and one administrator. the three of us were sent out there for three camps of 60,000 people, so there was no time to think about adjusting. >> reporter: dr. wan dealt mostly with the effects of malnutrition. a lack of food will make you get sick easier. the challenge then became treating people without

and when i think about trips to mongolia, liberia, kenya and clearly kabul, afghanistan, the notion of congressional draffle is one where i think the perception is that most travel takes place in other spots. when in fact this house democracy partnership has been focused on a very important mission. four years ago this spring when i had the priven of beginning with mr. price the -- had the privilege of beginning with mr. price this partnership and took on the task of putting together the countries with which we were going to partner in working to build the parliaments, i at the very outset looked to the united states marine corps. now, for full disclosure, madam speaker, i have to say that i'm very partial. my father, sometimes i regretted this, madam speaker, but my father was a drill instructor in the united states marine corps. i regretted it the first 18 years of my life especially but i have survived it. and one of the things that happened when i first had the opportunity to chair the house democracy partnership was that i made a decision that we wanted to have the united states m

it attracts exchange students for more than 12 countries, including liberia, india, sierra leon, that pal, china, the czech republic, nigeria, south korea, russia, the dominican republic, south africa. through the teaching and its faculty, and the many contributions of its alumni, nc crumbings u seeks to -- nccu seeks to fulfill its motto, truth and service. i'd like to thank the chancellor, the faculty, staff and students as they celebrate their 100th anniversary. i ask my colleagues to support this resolution and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from ohio is recognized. ms. fudge: madam speaker, i am pleased to recognize the gentleman from north carolina, mr. price, for as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. price: i thank my colleague for yielding and, madam speaker, i rise today in support of h.res. 1361, which commemorates the centennial university of north carolina central university and honors its founder, dr. jame