[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2141-E2142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JACQUE MUTHER

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                            HON. JOHN LEWIS

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 6, 2006

  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor and 
congratulate Jacque Muther--a true champion in building and sustaining 
HIV/AIDS care and treatment services in Atlanta--on her tenure as a 
member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Communities 
Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief Coalition. CAEAR Coalition is a 
leading national voice for the treatment and care needs of people 
living with HIV/AIDS and Ms. Muther has served on its Board of 
Directors for 12 years, including eight as treasurer. She will leave 
the board at the end of this year and I take this opportunity to 
acknowledge her service at the local and the national levels.
  Ms. Muther's commitment to the care and treatment of people living 
with HIV/AIDS goes back almost to the beginning of the epidemic. Since 
the mid 1980s, she has worked at the Grady Health System Infectious 
Disease Program--a program that now serves over 4,500 indigent people 
living with HIV/AIDS. She also served as Chair of Atlanta's Ryan White 
Title I Planning Council and as a member of the Georgia ADAP Task 
Force, which focuses on increasing state contributions to the AIDS Drug 
Assistance Program. She also serves as Treasurer of HIVDent and is a 
member of the Board of Directors of Atlanta's AIDS Survival Project.
  This impressive list of contributions does not fully capture Ms. 
Muther's important role in our community, nor her effectiveness as an 
advocate for high quality HIV/AIDS care for all who

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need it. Her service and advocacy are rooted deeply in her strong sense 
of justice and wherever she goes she is a compassionate and effective 
voice for the urgent need for the nation to redouble its commitment to 
HIV/AIDS.
  I know well the power of her work in Atlanta and here on Capitol Hill 
where she is a highly regarded expert. She has the ability to help 
members and staff alike understand the needs on the frontlines and what 
we, in turn, must do to respond to those needs.
  I rise to honor Ms. Muther's contributions and to express my 
gratitude that she continues on in service to this vital cause.

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