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designed to target patients with complex 

chronic diseases through an interdisciplinary 

team of health professionals. This program 

showed a reduction in inpatient hospital days 

by 62 percent, and a reduction in nursing 

home bed days by 88 percent. This translated 

into a reduction in the cost of care from 

$38,000 to $29,000 per patient per year for 

patients enrolled in the program (a 24 percent 

reduction). 

The Medicare program continues to increase in importance in my home state of 

California, where our senior population is increasing dramatically. The percentage of Californians age 6o and older is expected to grow 

from 6.4 percent in 2010 to 11.5 percent by 

2030, according to the California Department 

of Aging. In my district, there are currently 

63,053 Medicare recipients. I am committed to 

preserving benefits for current recipients and 

those nearing retirement, while guaranteeing 

the program’s solvency for future generations 

of Americans. 

For these reasons, I urge my colleagues to 

join me in support of Medicare’s Skilled Home 

Healthcare Services act. 

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A TRIBUTE TO LYNETTE M. 

BROWN-SOW 

HON. ROBERT A. BRADY OF PENNSYLVANIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I 

rise today to honor Lynette M. Brown-Sow for 

her dedication in the field of healthcare and 

service to the city of Philadelphia. Lynette is a 

great example how one can use their expertise to achieve success while also contributing 

to the community. 

As Vice President for Marketing and Government Relations at Community College of 

Philadelphia, a position she has held since 

1995, Lynette has engaged communities, businesses, and governments in constructing 

frameworks that promote progress and prosperity. Her outstanding work was rewarded in 

2009 when she was named Communicator of 

the Year. Lynette has done significant work in 

the behavioral healthcare field. She serves on 

the board of Directors of the Consortium, 

which named its newest service center the Lynette M. Brown center of hope. 

In 1991, Philadelphia Mayor Edward G. 

Rendell appointed Lynette Deputy Mayor of 

Administration. In 2007, Lynette co-chaired 

Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter’s transition team and was appointed as vice-chair of 

the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment. 

Lynette is the founder and chairman of the 

Hardy Williams Education Fund, a nonprofit 

organization that provides support for educational endeavors and scholarships for people interested in careers in law, government, 

or social action; and founder of L.M Brown 

Management Group, a certified minority/female-owned consultant firm. 

Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to 

join me in honoring Lynette M. Brown-Sow for 

her successful endeavors and major contributions to the city of Philadelphia. 

IN HONOR OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW KENSINGTON 

AREA ROTARY CLUB 

HON. MARK S. CRITZ OF PENNSYLVANIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Mr. CRITZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the 

New Kensington Area Rotary Club on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. Since its inception, this great international service organization has operated according to its motto of 

‘‘service above self,’’ providing support to our 

troops and to laudable philanthropic causes in 

southwestern Pennsylvania and throughout 

the world. 

In addition to providing support to local 

chapters of Meals on Wheels, the Salvation 

Army, Habitat for Humanity and the YMCA, 

the New Kensington Area Rotary Club has 

sponsored efforts to promote literacy at local 

elementary schools, held Santa breakfasts for 

local needy children, sent clothing, shoes and 

other needed materials to needy communities 

in Appalachia and provided computers to St. 

Joseph’s Indian School on the Cheyenne Indian Reservation in South Dakota. It has also 

worked to improve lives in disadvantaged and 

medically underserved communities abroad, 

performing water projects in Uganda, supporting the effort to eliminate the global Polio 

epidemic and participating in national immunization days in India, Venezuela and elsewhere. 

To honor the selfless efforts its members 

have made to promote peace and prosperity 

throughout the world over the last 75 years, 

the New Kensington Area Rotary Club will 

hold an Anniversary Gala on October 23rd at 

the Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. It is my most sincere hope that this 

event brings pride and fulfillment to all those 

who have had a hand in making the New Kensington Area Rotary club one of Southwestern 

Pennsylvania’s most successful community 

service organizations. 

Mr. Speaker, I am extremely proud to represent the members of the New Kensington 

Area Rotary Club in Congress; everyone 

should attempt to emulate their abiding generosity and kindness. I have every expectation 

that their great organization will continue to 

accomplish charitable feats of international 

significance for years to come. 

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IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING FOR 

THE ORAL HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS IN HEALTH CARE REFORM 

HON. MIKE QUIGLEY OF ILLINOIS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because we can no longer afford to treat oral 

health as separate from general health. 

The mouth is a part of the body, and dental 

care must be part of comprehensive care. Oral 

diseases and disorders can cause severe 

pain, malnutrition, and even death if left untreated. 

But because oral care has long been excluded from comprehensive care, thousands 

of families and children are left without dental 

care. Twenty-two percent of all out-of-pocket 

spending in the U.S. is spent on dental care, 

and dental decay is the most common chronic 

childhood disease. 

Our workforce loses 164 million work hours 

each year due to dental problems, and close 

to half of military recruits in 2008 were ineligible for deployment due to dental issues. 

This is unacceptable. We can, and must, do 

better than this. 

We must preserve funding for the Maternal 

and Child Health Block Grant, and fully fund 

the many oral health care provisions in Health 

Care Reform. The mouth is part of the body, 

and must be treated as such. 

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RECOGNIZING UNION COUNTY VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH 

SCHOOL OF UNION COUNTY, NEW 

JERSEY FOR BEING NAMED A 

BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL 

HON. LEONARD LANCE OF NEW JERSEY

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

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

recognize Union County Vocational-Technical 

High School of Union County, New Jersey for 

being named a Blue Ribbon School by the 

United States Department of Education. 

The Department of Education acknowledges 

schools where students attain and maintain 

high academic goals. Union County Vocational-Technical High School is proud example 

of academic excellence where students have 

high levels of performance, stellar student 

achievement, and where educators facilitate a 

strong learning environment. 

This is a prestigious award to receive and 

Union County Vocational-Technical High 

School is proud example of academic excellence and worthy of this national distinction. 

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PERSONAL EXPLANATION 

HON. MIKE THOMPSON OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, 

on September 19, 2012, I missed rollcall vote 

No. 585. Had I been present, I would have 

voted in the following manner: 

Rollcall No. 585, ‘‘aye.’’ 

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FREE SPEECH, UNJUSTIFIED 

VIOLENCE AND HYPOCRISY 

HON. BARNEY FRANK OF MASSACHUSETTS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, 

the recent death of several American diplomats is an outrageous example of wholly unjustified violence that must be unconditionally 

condemned. The fact that some people were 

angry because of what other people put into a 

movie does not begin to be a justification for 

violence, even against those who made the 

movie, and it is certainly, not remotely in any 


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