[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 65 (Friday, May 2, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E668]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                A TRIBUTE TO ANTOINETTE BEAUMONT TOMASEK

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                          HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 2, 2014

  Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Antoinette 
``Toni'' Beaumont Tomasek, an extraordinary and talented Foreign 
Service officer who passed away on June 29, 2013, at age 41 due to 
complications from a car accident in Haiti.
  Born in Manhattan Beach, California, Toni served in the Peace Corps 
in Paraguay before embarking on a career that took her all over the 
world working on international public health. Prior to her work in 
Haiti, Toni served as a USAID Development Leadership Initiative Officer 
in Indonesia, establishing what USAID has called a ``groundbreaking 
program'' that works with local organizations to prevent and treat 
tuberculosis.
  At the time of her death, Toni served as a health services team 
leader at the USAID mission in Port-au-Prince and was making a 
difference every day in lives of the Haitian people. She died following 
serious injuries suffered in a car accident as she returned to the 
American Embassy from a visit to a health clinic.
  Toni was a loving wife, mother, daughter, and sister. She is survived 
by her husband, Adam, and their two young children, Alexandre and 
Amelie; her parents, Marilyn and William; and her brother and sister, 
Billy and Jeannie.
  On Friday, May 2, Toni is being honored at the annual American 
Foreign Service Association's Memorial Ceremony at the U.S. State 
Department for her exceptional service to our nation. I ask all of my 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to join me in paying tribute 
to Toni Tomasek and extending our deepest condolences to her family for 
their terrible loss. Our nation and the entire world owe a great debt 
to Toni for her tremendous commitment to making the world a better 
place and for her indefatigable work to improve the lives of the least 
among us.

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