[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E328]
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                       RECOGNIZING MS. LISA COHEN

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                         HON. DAVID G. REICHERT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 15, 2017

  Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize Ms. Lisa Cohen, 
Executive Director of the Washington Global Health Alliance, in light 
of her retirement. During a CODEL to the Middle East I visited 
Afghanistan as a freshman in Congress and visited an abandoned school 
meant for female students. Yet unfortunately, it was not used for very 
long due to rule of law that girls are not allowed to be educated. 
Since then, I made it a mission to serve as a Co-Chair on the Global 
Health and Poverty Caucus and fought for the opportunity that girls can 
and should be educated. And I could not have done this without the 
extremely important and valuable partnership of Ms. Cohen. From day 
one, Ms. Cohen has never said no in helping me fight for human rights 
around the world, and in fact, she has taught and encouraged me to take 
on other global issues that we must stand for today. Ms. Cohen has been 
such a wonderful force in the global community, and not just in the 
Seattle area, but around the country, as she has been diligently 
working to form an alliance in the Atlanta region too. With more 
alliances for global health, we can someday have a world where polio no 
longer exists and every woman can give a healthy birth to a child in a 
fully-functioning hospital. I will truly miss working with Ms. Lisa 
Cohen of the Washington Global Health Alliance, but am delighted to 
know that we shall remain friends. I thank Ms. Cohen for everything 
that she has done to make this world a better place for every single 
person.

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