[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 48 (Thursday, April 27, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E639]
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                         TRIBUTE TO DAVE BIANCO

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                          HON. MELISSA A. HART

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 27, 2006

  Ms. HART. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
recognize Dave Bianco, the Project Coordinator, Automated External 
Defibrillator (AED) program, at St. Margaret Foundation.
  Mr. Bianco, a resident of Hampton Township and an Iraq veteran, has 
designed the AED program to support a ``heart safe'' community. The AED 
program trains, and places AEDs in places where people tend to 
congregate like schools, churches, community centers and police and 
fire departments. AEDs are designed to reverse Sudden Cardiac Arrest 
(SCA) which kills 300,000 people annually. The AED program through St. 
Margaret Foundation began 1998 and has saved 17 lives, including eight 
since June 2005. The Foundation has donated 162 AEDs since 1998 and 
continues to be the only foundation in the country that provides 
complimentary AEDs and full-service, diagnostics and repairs. Two AEDs 
will be donated to Al Zarenko, Director of Community Services, to be 
placed in the new community center in Hampton Township.
  I ask my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives to 
join me in recognizing Dave Bianco for all of his work for St. Margaret 
Foundation. It is an honor to represent the Fourth Congressional 
District of Pennsylvania and a pleasure to salute such a dedicated 
individual.

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