[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 79 (Friday, June 14, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO MS. JOANNE CARTER

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 13, 2002

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to and express my 
high regard of Ms. Joanne Carter, the Legislative Director of RESULTS.
  Since 1992, Joanne Carter has been the Legislative Director of 
RESULTS, an international grassroots citizen's lobby whose purpose is 
to create the political will to end hunger and the worst aspects of 
poverty, and to empower individuals as advocates with their 
governments, the media and in their communities.
  RESULTS has active chapters in over 100 U.S. cities and in the UK, 
Canada, Japan, Australia and Germany. RESULTS works on a range of 
international and domestic issues--including expanding basic health 
programs to combat TB, AIDS and other major infectious killers, access 
to microcredit loans to allow very poor women to start their own 
businesses, reform of World Bank, health policy, and expanded access to 
Head Start preschool programs and quality early child care in the U.S.
  Prior to joining RESULTS' staff in 1992, Joanne Carter coordinated 
RESULTS grassroots activity for New York and the northeast region of 
the U.S., and was a practicing veterinarian. She holds a DVM (Doctor of 
Veterinary Medicine) degree from Cornell University and has done 
graduate research in reproductive physiology. She has served as a VISTA 
volunteer and as a recruiter for the Peace Corps.
  As many know, I have worked diligently on the global AIDS, TB and 
malaria crisis. As I have worked with my colleagues in the Congress and 
with health experts, people living with AIDS, TB or malaria, and the 
activist community, Joanne has been a key figure in helping me get 
people organized and sounding the clarion call. She understands so well 
the moral obligation and responsibility of wealthy governments and all 
of us, as individuals, to do all that we can to make a difference in 
stopping these horrific diseases.
  Tonight it gives me great pleasure to honor Joanne. Please know that 
I stand with you in this fight and look forward to our continued work 
on these important priorities.

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