[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 26 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E373]
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             CONGRATULATIONS TO SHELDON AND MIRIAM ADELSON

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                            HON. BILL PAXON

                              of new york

                          HON. SUSAN MOLINARI

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 4, 1997

  Mr. PAXON. Mr. Speaker, Ms. Molinari and I rise today to congratulate 
our dear friends, Sheldon and Miriam Adelson on the recent birth of 
their son, Adam. In addition to their distinguished public lives, 
Sheldon and Miriam will now take on new private roles as parents, 
teachers, and role models for their son.
  Sheldon Adelson has spent nearly half a century building a worldwide 
reputation as an entrepreneur and visionary businessman. He is not only 
one of the most influential leaders in today's convention, hotel, 
travel, and gaming industries, but has earned a reputation as a top 
executive in the computer industry. He is also active in the 
international business arena, particularly in Israel where he is 
involved in fostering trade, manufacturing, and software development 
for Israeli high-technology companies, and creating new forums that 
show the world the advantages of doing business with Israel.
  Sheldon also has a long record of public and private support of the 
State of Israel. In addition to his numerous philanthropic activities 
for the Jewish community in the United States, he has shown his true 
dedication to building a strong and secure Israel.
  Miriam Adelson has devoted her career to medicine, specializing in 
the fields of internal medicine and emergency medicine and most 
recently, chemical dependency and drug addiction. In 1986, Dr. Adelson 
was invited to be a guest investigator and associate physician at 
Rockefeller University in New York City where she studied chemical 
dependency and drug addiction. Her experiences as a witness to the 
devastating effects drug addition has had on this country led her to 
commit herself to preventing and treating drug addiction in her 
homeland of Israel before it reached epidemic proportions.
  She has shown her commitment to this cause by building the Dr. Miriam 
Adelson and Sheldon G. Adelson Clinic for drug abuse treatment and 
research in Tel Aviv, Israel's first drug treatment and research center 
in a hospital setting. This clinic opened in June 1993 and a second 
Adelson clinic is being built at the Poriah Hospital in Israel's 
Galilee region.
  As new parents ourselves, we know the joy and happiness that a child 
brings to our lives. We again congratulate Sheldon and Miriam on the 
birth of their son and wish all of them the best of luck for the 
future.