[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9644]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                    BETTI LIDSKY CELEBRATES 50 YEARS

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                        HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 6, 2000

  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate Betti 
Lidsky on her fiftieth birthday celebration.
  Betti Lidsky is an exemplary woman who personifies love and self 
sacrifice. As the mother of three children who suffer from Retinitis 
Pigmentosa, an eye degenerative disease which may lead to blindness, 
she battles valiantly everyday to seek ways in which to increase 
funding for finding a cure and save the eyesight of her children and 
others like them. A true heroine, she selflessly devotes her time and 
energy to her family, to the national Foundation Fighting Blindness 
where she serves as a board member, and to the South Florida community 
where she is highly admired and respected.
  Betti Lidsky is an advocate whose services and kind spirit have 
touched the lives of many, and on this very special occasion, I ask 
that my colleagues join me in wishing Betti Lidsky a very happy 
fiftieth birthday.

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