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Guilfoyle Catholic High School, under its original name of Altoona Catholic High School. 

After the sudden death of Bishop Richard T. 

Guilfoyle in 1957, the school was renamed to 

honor his compassion for the Altoona Catholic 

students, and his enthusiasm for sports. 

Since its establishment, the school has seen 

nearly 11,000 of its students receive diplomas, 

many of them matriculating to higher education. With this outstanding production, the 

school has had a profound importance in its 

students’ lives, and has helped each of them 

to thrive in our community and beyond. 

Bishop Guilfoyle has achieved numerous 

accolades, and has developed a prestigious 

academic reputation across the 12 Catholic 

parishes that it serves. The school has continued to add state-of-the-art facilities, and has 

implemented a rigorous academic curriculum, 

which holds its students to the highest of 

standards, both within the classroom and in 

the community. 

Mr. Speaker, Bishop Guilfoyle’s commitment 

to the education of our district’s youth has not 

gone unnoticed. Its faculty’s passion for cultivating the necessary values to succeed as 

productive, compassionate citizens has earned 

the school an exemplary reputation in Pennsylvania’s 9th district. The many proud alumni 

that are spread throughout the world are a 

testament to the school’s celebrated achievements and storied tradition as a first-class instructional institution. 

As Congressman of the 9th District, I wish 

Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School all the 

best on what is sure to be another productive, 

successful 90 years of education and development. 

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HONORING WASHINGTON COUNTY, 

COLORADO ON ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY 

HON. CORY GARDNER OF COLORADO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Mr. GARDNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 

honor Washington County, Colorado on its 

125th Anniversary. 

Washington County is distinctly different 

from the Washington I am standing in today. 

However, both did name their areas in honor 

of the first President of the United States, 

George Washington. 

This past February marked their 125th anniversary of Washington County, and they have 

much to celebrate. 

During the early 1880s, the Northeast section of Colorado experienced a boom in agricultural development and settlers flocked to 

the area for available and plentiful land to 

grow crops. In fact, my family sold farm equipment in Akron and Otis, something my family 

remains very proud of to this day. 

The population expansion led the Colorado 

State Legislature to pass legislation that officially established Washington County in 1887, 

and declared Akron, Colorado as the county 

seat. 

After some territorial disputes with the town 

of Yuma, the current boundaries were established in 1903. 

Today, over 4,800 Coloradoans call Washington County home, and the county continues 

to promote Colorado’s rich agricultural legacy. 

I had the honor and privilege to represent 

Washington County when I served in the Colorado State Legislature, and it is again my 

honor and privilege to represent this great 

county in the United States Congress. 

I am proud to recognize Washington County 

on their 125th Anniversary. 

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PROVIDING QUALITY HOME CARE 

SERVICES 

HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY OF ILLINOIS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise 

today to discuss the need for strategies to 

maintain and improve access to home-based 

medical and long-term care services. 

As the Co-Chair of the Seniors Task Force, 

I am committed to ensuring seniors get the 

care that need in the setting that they prefer. 

Today, three and a half million Medicare beneficiaries get home health services, allowing 

them to live independently in their own homes 

while getting the medical care they need. 

Home healthcare provides skilled, safe and effective medical treatments that once were 

available only a hospital or doctor’s office, allowing seniors and people with disabilities to 

receive necessary medical care without needing transportation to a doctor’s office or admission to a hospital. Home health care is good 

for individuals and their families, and it also is 

good for taxpayers. Home healthcare services 

saved Medicare $2.81 billion dollars between 

2006 and 2009. 

As we head into this fall’s debate on sequestration and alternative budget proposals, I 

urge my colleagues to remember the importance of home health care to seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare and to avoid 

cuts that will threaten the services upon which 

they rely. 

Twelve million adults—seniors and adults 

with disabilities—need long-term care services 

but Medicaid is currently unable to meet all 

their needs. The problem will become even 

more serious in the future, since it is estimated that 27 million Americans will need 

long-term services by 2050. Yet, our nation 

still lacks a comprehensive approach to meet 

current and future long-term care needs. 

I have introduced H. Res. 759 to express 

support for a comprehensive approach to provide the home care workforce and long-term 

care services we need in order to ensure that 

seniors and people with disabilities are able to 

live at home and enjoy a dignified quality of 

life. It is time not just for a national discussion, 

but for national solutions. 

We know that we have to address the cost 

of health and long-term care, but there is a 

right way to deal with those costs and a wrong 

way. The wrong answer would be to target 

vulnerable seniors and people with disabilities—denying them home healthcare and 

long-term care options or shifting the financial 

burdens to family caregivers. Large Medicare 

and Medicaid cuts, vouchers and block grants 

would do real harm to real people. Higher 

cost-sharing requirements will price essential 

services out of reach. 

Instead, we need to look for ways to lower 

health care costs across-the-board by eliminating fraud and abuse, giving Medicare authority to use its bargaining power to negotiate 

for lower drug prices as the VA does, encouraging greater efficiency in the delivery of care, 

and encouraging the use of cost-effective 

health care services, including home 

healthcare services. 

As we undertake serious budget discussions 

this fall, we must carefully consider the reallife impacts of the choices before us. I will be 

working to make sure that we protect and improve our ability to meet the home healthcare 

and long-term care needs of seniors and people with disabilities. 

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HONORING THE LIFE OF JULIANNE 

ELIZABETH MARKS ALLEN 

HON. MAURICE D. HINCHEY OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 

pay tribute to a dear friend of mine, Julianne 

Elizabeth Marks Allen, who passed away earlier this month. Julie, as she was called, had 

a heart of gold and was one of the most giving 

and loving people I’ve ever been fortunate 

enough to know. It was an honor and privilege 

for me to have her serve on my staff for nearly 

19 years as a trusted advisor and liaison to 

the people of Sullivan County—the county she 

loved and called home for nearly her entire 

life. 

Julie committed her life to her family and 

community. Through her volunteer efforts and 

public service, Julie touched countless lives in 

Roscoe and throughout Sullivan County, a 

beautiful, rural part of New York, where she 

was known by seemingly everyone. She was 

particularly interested in assisting young people and served as the Town of Rockland’s 

Youth Committee Chairman for the Roscoe 

Central School District for several years. She 

was also a board member on the Sullivan 

County Community College Foundation Scholarship Committee. Julie worked diligently with 

me on a wide range of issues and was critical 

in helping me establish and steer the SullivanWawarsing Rural Economic Area Partnership—an innovative regional community development initiative, for which Julie served on the 

Board of Directors for many years. Julie diligently advocated for those who sought assistance through our office and was widely respected for her tireless efforts to help others. 

Julie was also a distinguished and stalwart pillar of the Democratic Party, serving for the 

past 40 years as a member of the Sullivan 

County Democratic Committee and for the last 

25 years as an elected member of the New 

York State Democratic Committee. 

Julie had a profound impact on virtually everyone she met. To her, public and community 

service was a calling. Despite facing health 

challenges for the past 23 years, Julie’s passion and determination to help others remained steadfast. In fact, Julie was recently 

honored with the Sullivan County Community 

College ‘‘2012 Women Who Make A Difference’’ award for her lifetime dedication of 

volunteerism to the county. She constantly put 

everyone else’s needs before her own, and 

her reservoir of compassion and inner strength 

was an inspiration to me and others. Every 

conversation with Julie involved her asking 

how the other person was doing, how their 


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