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well the daily struggle facing today’s American 

families: how can we be great parents and 

also be great at our jobs? 

With an ever-increasing number of parents 

either working full time or looking for work, 

more and more families are fully engaged in 

the daily juggling act that comes with trying to 

do it all. 

Fortunately, policy makers and business 

leaders can take concrete steps to promote 

and create a healthy work-life balance for employees, whether it’s through offering flexible 

work hours, assisting with childcare, or creating a positive work culture for families with 

children. 

This flexibility in the workplace benefits everyone, leading to more productive workers, 

healthier families, and a stronger economy. 

In the spirit of National Work and Family 

Month, I encourage policy makers, employers, 

and employees to come together and help improve the work-life balance for America’s 

workers and their families. 

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IN HONOR OF THE VILLAGE OF 

GLENWILLOW 

HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH OF OHIO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, September 21, 2012 

Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in 

honor of the Village of Glenwillow, Ohio. Since 

1893, the Village of Glenwillow has been an 

exemplary community within Northeast Ohio. 

The Village of Glenwillow began as a company town by Austin Powder Company in 

1893. Eventually, due to increased population, 

Austin Powder Company was unable to test its 

products in Glenwillow and relocated to Athens, Ohio in 1972. While the company had 

left, the residents of Glenwillow were thriving 

and began making investments and improvements to their 2.7 square mile home. 

In 1999, under the leadership of former 

Mayor Don Payne, a new plan for the Village 

was designed. It included the rehabilitation 

and expansion of the Town Center and Village 

Center. 

Today, the Village of Glenwillow is home to 

nearly 1000 residents who are led by Mayor 

Mark Cegelka. Mayor Cegelka was elected to 

office in 2009 after serving as the treasurer for 

the Village on Glenwillow. There are six members on the Village Council: Jeffrey Adie, Larry 

Sylver, John Baca, Eric Johnson, Donald 

Banas and Joseph Barber, Jr. 

Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me 

in honoring the Village of Glenwillow and all of 

its residents. 

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HONORING ROBERT BERNER 

HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, September 21, 2012 

Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 

honor Robert Berner, who will be retiring after 

28 years as Executive Director of the Marin 

Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) in Marin County, CA. Bob’s inspiring leadership has resulted 

in the protection of countless family farms and 

ranches and the preservation of thousands of 

acres of farmland in Marin County. Today, 

largely through his guidance, MALT is recognized as a national leader in agricultural land 

preservation. 

Prior to MALT, Bob was Executive Director 

of The Foundation for San Francisco’s Architectural Heritage and Vice-President of Finance at The Nature Conservancy. He is a 

founding member and current co-chair of the 

California Council of Land Trusts and a member of the steering committee of the Bay Area 

Open Space Council. He holds a law degree 

from Duke University and an MBA from the 

Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. 

MALT was founded in the 1970s by a 

unique alliance of environmentalists and 

ranchers who realized that development proposals for Marin County would destroy cherished farmland and beautiful open space. Bob 

took the reins at a time when much of the 

economic focus in the region and the nation 

had been on non-agricultural development. He 

proved that it is possible to foster growth and 

economic opportunity in agriculture. Thanks to 

his efforts, Marin is and will continue to be, 

home to renowned dairy, meat, and organic 

produce which are served in the Bay Area and 

beyond. 

Mr. Speaker, Robert Berner’s diligent work 

has helped establish an effective national 

model for agricultural land preservation, enabled countless Marin County farms to thrive, 

and provided consumers with organic, local 

produce, dairy, and meat. Please join me in 

honoring his distinguished career. 

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H.R. 3409 

HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN OF MARYLAND

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, September 21, 2012 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, today the 

House votes again to dismantle what was 

once a bipartisan pledge to the American people—that everyone in this nation deserves 

clean air to breathe and clean water to drink. 

On this, the last day of session before the 

House leadership has chosen to adjourn, we 

could be passing a jobs bill, extending the 

middle class tax cuts, or working to prevent 

the sequester and reduce the deficit. Instead, 

we are voting on a package of bills—most of 

which we have voted on before—to strip basic 

environmental protections for our air and 

water. 

Today’s bill would systematically dismantle 

the Clean Water Act, undermine the Clean Air 

Act, prevent any action to ensure the safe disposal of coal ash, and eliminate the EPA’s 

ability to reduce carbon pollution. 

In an unprecedented move, it would repeal 

in statute a scientific finding by the Environmental Protection Agency that greenhouse 

gases endanger public health, confirming that 

the House of Representatives is an evidencefree zone. Mr. Speaker, I’m afraid some of my 

Tea Party colleagues would have lined up to 

put Galileo in jail. 

The bill nullifies the new fuel efficiency pollution standards for vehicles—standards that 

would save consumers money at the pump 

and that are supported by 13 major auto manufacturers representing more than 90 percent 

of U.S. vehicle sales. It nullifies the Mercury 

and Air Toxics Standards, preventing the EPA 

from reducing emissions of mercury, a powerful neurotoxin that is particularly dangerous for 

young children and pregnant women. 

Mr. Speaker, this broad, damaging legislation would roll back 40 years of progress for 

clean air and water. We cannot afford to return to a time when industrial polluters used 

lakes and streams as dumping grounds for 

dangerous chemicals and factories sent toxic 

fumes into the air. We must protect public 

health, defend our environment, and reject this 

bill. 

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INTRODUCING THE COMPUTERS 

FOR OUR COMMUNITIES ACT 

HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, September 21, 2012 

Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with 

my colleagues JOHN LEWIS (D–GA) and GARY

PETERS (D–MI), to introduce the Computers 

for Our Communities Act. This legislation will 

extend a provision in the tax code that encourages companies to donate computer equipment to schools and libraries. 

I have a long history with this tax provision. 

In the early 1980s I met a young Steve Jobs 

who had the pioneering vision to put a computer into every classroom in America. However, when companies like Apple donated to 

schools, the deduction was limited to their cost 

of manufacturing the computer. Companies 

had no incentive to donate computers and 

software to our public schools. With bipartisan 

support in the House and Senate, we amended the tax code and created an enhanced tax 

deduction to encourage companies to donate 

computers to our schools. 

Until 2012, Section 170 of the tax code enabled a corporation to take an enhanced deduction when they donated computer equipment to a public school, a library, or other 

educational institutions. We found a middle 

ground that allowed companies to deduct 

more than their cost of manufacturing a computer, but less than the fair market value when 

they provided this public service by donating 

computer equipment. 

Nearly 30 years after this provision was first 

added to the tax code, a computer in classroom is no longer a revolutionary idea. Computer literacy is an even more important issue 

in a world with so much changing technology. 

Yet this tax deduction is once again on the 

chopping block. The section of the tax code 

that allows companies to take an enhanced 

tax deduction when computer equipment or 

software is donated to a school, library, or 

similar institutions, expired at the end of 2011. 

With this legislation, we can retroactively enact 

this tax provision and extend it through the 

end next year so there is no lapse in coverage. 

Without this legislation, I worry we won’t see 

donations of computer equipment to our public 

schools. Even adults who learn computer skills 

through community programs and public libraries will have to use aging technology. Our 

schools and our cities are already stretched by 

budget cuts and we need to do whatever we 

can to make sure that everyone has the ability 

to become computer literate. 

The Computers for Our Communities Act 

will restore this tax provision through December 2013 and ensure that America’s students 


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