Colorado congressman appoints Ukrainian as legislative assistant (10/04/98)

Colorado congressman appoints Ukrainian as legislative assistant

WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman Bob Schaffer (R-Colo.) announced the appointment of Xenia Horczakiwskyj as legislative assistant in his Washington office.

"Xenia is an outstanding addition to our Washington operations," said Rep. Schaffer. "She has worked in Colorado's state legislature and has state-wide campaign experience, so she is extremely knowledgeable in legislative and constituent issues."

Ms. Horczakiwskyj gained experience as a legislative assistant for the State Colleges in Colorado advocating higher education initiatives in the Colorado State Legislature. Her campaign experience includes work as events coordinator assistant for Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton's U.S. Senate campaign and deputy campaign manager for Doug Anderson's Colorado State House campaign. Ms. Horczakiwskyj received a bachelor of science in political science from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Ms. Horczakiwskyj is a member of Plast and the Chortopolokhy Plast sorority. Before moving to Washington, she had been a youth group leader in Colorado since 1994. Her Ukrainian involvement also included working as a counselor at summer camps in in East Chatham, N.Y., and Middlefield, Ohio. She continues her involvement as a youth group leader in the local Maryland/Washington Plast chapter.

Rep. Schaffer's family hails from Ukraine. He was elected to Congress in November 1996 and is co-chair of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was unanimously elected president of the Republican Freshman Class and chairman of the Western Caucus Water Working Group. He is also a member of the National Security Caucus in the House and serves on the Agriculture Committee, Resources Committee, and the Education and the Workforce Committee.

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