[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 73 (Thursday, June 6, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E976-E977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO DR. FRANZ B. HUMER

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                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 5, 2002

  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to take this opportunity to 
recognize the work of an outstanding individual, Dr. Franz B. Humer, 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Roche Holdings, Ltd, one of the 
world's leading healthcare companies whose United States headquarters 
is located in my district, in Nutley, New Jersey.
  On Wednesday, May 22, Dr. Humer was honored along with Leah Tutu, the 
wife of Bishop Desmond Tutu, at the Phelophepa Health Care Train Gala 
dinner in New York

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City. My obligations here in Washington caused me to miss the event, 
which I am told was a tremendous success.
  It is only fitting that Dr. Humer be honored, in this, the permanent 
record of the greatest freely elected body on earth, for his steadfast 
leadership in providing long term support he and Hoffmann-La Roche have 
given to South Africa's neediest citizens.
  The Phelophepa Health Care Train, a South African charity, provides 
remote primary health care to rural South Africa via locomotive train. 
Now in its 9th year of operation, the Phelophepa Train continues 
reaching out and striving to better the lives of thousands of rural 
people by bringing basic health services, outreach programs, AIDS 
education, and training and health information to areas where such 
services are not available.
  Under the exceptional leadership of Dr. Humer, Hoffmann-La Roche's 
generous assistance has enabled the Phelophepa Train to achieve 
unprecedented success in its efforts to provide essential health care 
to the people of South Africa. Dr. Humer and Hoffmann-La Roche deserve 
recognition for their efforts to better the lives of desperately needy 
persons halfway across the globe.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join our colleagues, Hoffman-La Rouche, 
the people of South Africa, and me in recognizing the outstanding 
humanitarian efforts of Dr. Franz Humer, and congratulating him on this 
great honor.

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