[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 60 (Thursday, April 23, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E967-E968]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         IN RECOGNITION OF BARONESS CAROLINE COX OF QUEENSBURY

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                          HON. GARY C. PETERS

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 23, 2009

  Mr. PETERS. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize The Honorable Baroness 
Caroline Cox of Queensbury on the occasion of her visit to Michigan 
during the week of April 24, the day set to commemorate the 1915 
commencement of the genocide of the Armenian peoples. During her visit, 
Baroness Cox continues her tireless mission to educate and promote 
awareness of the present-day status of the Armenian population of 
Nagorno-Karabakh and oppressed peoples around the world.

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  In particular, Baroness Cox will be visiting Oakland University in 
Michigan's 9th District where she will lecture and celebrate the 
University's Institute for Research, Education & Advocacy for 
Children's Health--R.E.A.C.H. The mission of R.E.A.C.H. furthers and 
embodies the life's work of Baroness Cox. Using her formal educational 
training in nursing, sociology and economics, Baroness Cox has been a 
prolific author and advocate of human rights around the globe. The 
Humanitarian Relief Trust which she established in 2005 provides 
resources, aid and training to peoples living in extreme poverty and 
under oppression. She is known for her personal and hands-on work 
targeting the ``no-go'' areas of the world to provide humanitarian aid 
and relief. Though she spends nearly half her time on international 
missions, she cherishes her role in the British Parliament as the 
``voice of the voiceless.''
  Baroness Cox, I welcome you to Michigan's 9th District and salute 
your untiring and steadfast commitment to improving the human condition 
in some of the most challenging areas of the world--Sudan, Burma, 
Nigeria and East Timor, among others. We are fortunate that you have so 
ardently acted on your ``inherent tendency'' to help others and made it 
your life's mission. Your wise admonition to us all rings as true today 
as ever, ``We can't do everything . . . however, we can all do 
something.''

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