[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14398]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING LYNNE MOFENSON, M.D.

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in honor of Lynne Mofenson, 
M.D., who is retiring after 26 years of service to the Federal 
Government and is currently the chief of the Maternal and Pediatric 
Infectious Disease Branch at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National 
Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of 
Health.
  Now, I have a full list of Dr. Mofenson's accomplishments and her 
prestigious and wonderful resume for the Record, but just a couple of 
points:
  Dr. Mofenson received the 2012 Federal Employee of the Year Award 
from the Partnership for Public Service. The award is one of nine 
Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals bestowed on public servants 
who make high-impact contributions to the health, safety, and well-
being of Americans. She was recognized for playing a pivotal role in 
preventing the AIDS epidemic among U.S. children through an effective 
means of preventing pregnant women from passing HIV on to their 
infants, and for dedicating her career to conducting research on HIV, 
which has influenced and informed national HIV policy.
  Dr. Mofenson has continued to work with her colleagues in this 
country and around the globe to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission 
and to improve the treatments for children with HIV infection. Please 
join me in honoring the lifelong work of this extraordinary scientist.

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