E1390 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks August 2, 2012 

An outstanding non-profit behavioral health 

organization, Devereux’s year-long centennial 

celebration will culminate in a 100th Anniversary Gala Celebration on the steps of the 

Philadelphia Museum of Art on November 10, 

2012. The organization was founded by Helena Trafford Devereux, a schoolteacher in the 

great city of Philadelphia in the dawn of the 

Twentieth Century. At that time, children with 

special needs were held back, ostracized by 

their peers, written off as hopeless or sent to 

mental institutions. 

Miss Devereux had other ideas for these 

children. She passionately believed that each 

individual has his or her own innate abilities, 

distinctive potential and unique needs that, 

through individualized care grounded in positive supports, could be a contributing and valued member of their community. 

With innovative teaching methods, individualized instruction and materials designed by 

Miss Devereux, her students began to thrive. 

School administration took notice of her success and began to officially refer students with 

special needs to her room. In 1912, Miss 

Devereux was offered by the Philadelphia 

Board of Education the position of the district’s 

first Director of Special Education. 

She turned down the offer, believing in the 

importance of educating the whole child 

through a then non-traditional curriculum that 

included life-skills, recreation and vocational 

activities. Instead she struck out on her own to 

establish a private school in her own home. 

With all of her savings and borrowed funds, 

which totaled $100, she rented a home in 

Devon to house her growing school, which 

then numbered 12 students. Through perseverance and persuasion, she stewarded the 

growth of Devereux for decades, creating one 

of the Nation’s largest and most well-respected nonprofit providers of behavioral 

healthcare. 

This year, 6,000 staff has provided services 

to tens of thousands of children, adolescents 

and adults in eleven states, all abiding by Miss 

Devereux’s legacy of the ‘‘Philosophy of 

Care’’: individualized services, positive approaches and effective and accountable service delivery. In addition, Devereux’s work in 

building the social and emotional health of 

schoolchildren through public education and 

prevention programs has impacted millions of 

children and their families in every state in the 

union. 

Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join 

me today in congratulating Devereux on 100 

years of service to countless children, adolescents and adults and their families, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and our Nation. 

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JOB PROTECTION AND RECESSION 

PREVENTION ACT OF 2012 

SPEECH OF

HON. LOIS CAPPS OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 

Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in 

support of extending tax cuts for middle class 

families and small businesses. 

I support a plan that allows generous tax 

cuts for the wealthiest two percent to expire, 

while also ensuring taxes do not go up on 

those that can least afford it. This is the plan 

that passed the Senate last week. And this is 

the plan that President Obama said he is 

ready and eager to sign should it pass the 

House. 

Unfortunately, however, this is not the plan 

being offered by the Majority on the floor here 

today. The Majority’s proposal, H.R. 8, preserves tax cuts for the wealthiest two percent 

at the expense of middle class families and 

small businesses. 

It gives, on average, an extra $160,000 tax 

cut to millionaires while raising taxes on 25 

million middle class families by an average of 

$1,000 by restricting or eliminating crucial tax 

credits that middle class families depend on to 

pay their bills and send their kids to college, 

like the Earned Income Tax Credit, Child Tax 

Credit, and American Opportunity Tax Credit. 

This is not the balanced, equitable solution 

my constituents on the Central Coast and the 

American people are asking for, which is why 

I strongly oppose H.R. 8 and will vote against 

it. 

I will instead be voting for the substitute 

amendment, which is identical to the legislation the Senate passed last week. 

It extends for one year the current tax rates 

on income, capital gains and dividends for taxable income up to $200,000 for individuals 

and $250,000 for couples. Under this plan, all 

taxpayers will benefit from the tax breaks on 

income up to these thresholds, and 98 percent 

of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses will see no tax increase at all. 

This proposal also fixes the Alternative Minimum Tax for 2012 and extends several other 

important tax provisions that middle class families and small businesses depend on, including marriage penalty relief, expanded child 

and earned income tax credits, education tax 

incentives, and small business expensing. 

This is a reasonable, responsible plan that 

should have bipartisan support. 

Democrats and Republicans agree on the 

need to extend the tax cuts for middle class 

families and small businesses, and this plan 

does exactly that. The substitute reflects this 

consensus and gives middle class families 

certainty that their taxes will not go up next 

year. 

We should move forward with what we already agree on instead of holding hostage 

those who can least afford it for the benefit of 

the wealthiest among us. 

We simply cannot afford to continue the tax 

cuts for the richest two percent and leave middle class families with the bill. We have a serious deficit problem that requires a balanced 

solution to ensure everyone bears a fair share 

of the burden. Letting tax rates on the richest 

in our society simply return to where they 

were in the 1990s, when our economy was 

booming, is one common sense step in that 

process. 

I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this balanced approach and voting yes 

on the substitute. 

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THE RECENT TRAGEDY IN THE 

COMMUNITY OF PENDLETON, INDIANA 

HON. MIKE PENCE OF INDIANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, August 2, 2012 

Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, it is with a profound sense of sadness that I rise to mark a 

tragedy in the community of Pendleton, Indiana that has taken the life of an innocent resident and a K–9 police dog and injured two police officers. 

On the evening of July 26, 2012, John Neal 

Shull, Jr. of Pendleton, lost his life in a shooting incident. According to Pendleton Police 

Chief Marc Farrer, Shull was simply in the 

wrong place at the wrong time. Mr. Shull was 

a business owner in Pendleton and a member 

of the local Kiwanis Club. 

He will be remembered for his sense of 

humor and fondness for classic cars, but 

those who knew him best will remember John 

Neal Shull, Jr. as a devoted family man and 

friend. I want to offer my sincere condolences 

to his wife Noelle, their children and to his extended family. 

Also lost during this terrible tragedy was one 

of Anderson’s finest—K–9 police dog Kilo. Kilo 

and his handler, 11-year veteran police officer 

Marty Dulworth, were assisting Pendleton police with responding to the shooting. Officer 

Dulworth had been partnered with Kilo since 

2010. The two have been responsible for several successful drug arrests and earned a 

number of awards during the K–9 Olympics. 

During the course of the incident, Officer 

Dulworth was wounded after suffering gunshots to his legs. Pendleton Police Sergeant 

Shane Issacs was also wounded while responding to the incident after being grazed by 

an assailant’s bullet. 

Mr. Speaker, I have always believed that we 

owe a debt of gratitude to those first responders who, like in Pendleton, rushed to the 

scene and put themselves in harm’s way to 

ensure our protection. To choose the life of a 

police officer is to choose to make certain sacrifices for the good of the public. These men 

and women do so on each traffic stop, each 

knock on a door and each time they stand 

watch over a public event. For that, Mr. 

Speaker, we will be eternally grateful. 

Let us keep the family of John Neal Shull, 

Jr. in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. We also pray for the full recovery 

of Officer Marty Dulworth and Sergeant Shane 

Issacs. Finally, as a dog owner, I feel for the 

loss suffered by Officer Dulworth and the Anderson Police Department, and on behalf of 

the Sixth District of Indiana, I want to express 

condolences and gratitude for the service of 

Kilo, the police dog. 

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KANSAS STATE FIREFIGHTERS 

ASSOCIATION 125TH ANNIVERSARY 

HON. TIM HUELSKAMP OF KANSAS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, August 2, 2012 

Mr. HUELSKAMP. Mr. Speaker, I rise today 

to congratulate the Kansas State Firefighters 

Association as they celebrate their 125th anniversary this year. This organization was founded in the wonderful Kansas community of Minneapolis on August 13, 1887, and it continues 

to thrive over a century later. 

This group came together to accomplish a 

very important mission, to assist local fire departments in establishing and maintaining 

safety, professionalism and preparedness. 

With that mission in mind, the Association has 

worked tirelessly to assist local departments 

any way they can to make sure they are ready 


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