[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 80 (Monday, May 15, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH GLASER

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                           HON. NANCY PELOSI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 15, 1995
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, Sunday was Mother's Day. I rise to honor the 
memory of Elizabeth Glaser, a brave and loving mother who led national 
efforts to call attention to pediatric AIDS.
  Elizabeth went door to door in Congress to make the case for 
increased funding for pediatric AIDS research. Her moving speech at the 
Democratic Convention in New York inspired the Nation. Her relentless 
advocacy led to major increases in funding for pediatric AIDS research 
and congressional attention to pediatric AIDS prevention and patient 
care concerns.
  Thursday, May 11, Members of Congress, administration officials, and 
pediatric AIDS advocates appeared before the Commerce Committee to 
present views on preventing HIV transmission from mothers to newborns. 
The hearing highlighted all that Elizabeth accomplished through her 
work. The focus of the hearing was to find ways to implement remarkable 
research findings from the National Institutes of Health [NIH] where 
researchers developed medical treatments to reduce from 25 to 8 percent 
the number of newborns infected by their mothers during pregnancy and 
delivery.
  Elizabeth Glaser's advocacy had led to this research that will give 
thousands of infants the opportunity for a healthy life. We lost 
Elizabeth to AIDS last December. But her legacy is with us and is cause 
for honoring her memory on Mother's Day.


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