[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 12, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1273]
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                        HONORING JACK O'CONNELL

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                         HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 12, 2007

  Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Jack O'Connell on the occasion of his retirement as President and CEO 
of the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island, Inc. For over 30 
years, Mr. O'Connell has tirelessly served the area's poor and 
vulnerable children, families and individuals. Mr. O'Connell began his 
career with the Health and Welfare Council in 1976 and has served as 
the organization's chief executive since 1988.
  Mr. O'Connell was instrumental in creating the first ever studies of 
hunger and homelessness on Long Island in 1984 and 1985. Mr. 
O'Connell's other accomplishments on behalf of the poor are too 
numerous to name, but they include initiating the Child Health Plus 
Facilitated Enrollment Consortium, a program that has enrolled more 
than 30,000 Long Islanders into Child and Family Health Plus; 
organizing Long Island's social services response to the terrorist 
attacks of September 11, 2001; and the organization of advocacy 
coalitions that helped give a voice to the poor and hungry.
  Mr. O'Connell has been a tremendous asset to Long Island, and 
particularly to the people he has helped bring out of the shadows 
through his work. The future of this country depends on the well-being 
of our children and families, and the contributions of talented, 
passionate and committed public servants like Jack O'Connell.

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