[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1962-E1963]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. TIM MURPHY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 23, 2009

  Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the 
Republican Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the 
following information regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 
3293--Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010:


                            request number 1

  Requesting Member: Congressman Tim Murphy
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293--Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE)
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: St. Vincent College
  Address of Requesting Entity: 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Latrobe, PA 
15650
  Amount: $150,000
  Description of Request: Saint Vincent College is currently engaged in 
a capital project to expand and renovate facilities for mathematics and 
science education as part of a $42.5 million campaign to strengthen the 
Boyer School. The expansion of academic programs, combined with an 
increasing student enrollment and active faculty and student research 
agenda, have created a critical need for new science center facilities, 
particularly interdisciplinary research laboratories. Federal grant 
funds, if awarded, would be applied to these costs and may include, for 
example, specialized instrumentation for a biochemistry laboratory, 
including the acquisition and installation of a NMR and GC mass 
spectrometer, equipment for a materials science laboratory, and a 
planetarium projector.
  I certify that this project does not have a direct and foreseeable 
effect on the pecuniary interests of me or my spouse.
  I took extreme care to ensure that these projects are well vetted and 
strongly supported within the community. The state-of-the-art 
laboratory and teaching facilities for the Herbert W. Boyer School of 
Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Computing appropriation is of 
particular interest to my district and importance to my constituents.


                            request number 2

  Requesting Member: Congressman Tim Murphy
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293--Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Family Hospice and Palliative Care
  Address of Requesting Entity: 50 Moffett St., Pittsburgh, PA 15243
  Amount: $100,000
  Description of Request: Funds will be used to staff and purchase 
materials for on-going educational programs on end-of-life care for 
patient families, general public, volunteers and healthcare 
professionals within Family Hospice and Palliative Care's Center for 
Compassionate Care, in Mt. Lebanon, PA. Through hands-on training in 
medical equipment used for homecare, confidence-building seminars, 
workshops with clinical staff and colloquiums to increase certification 
in hospice and palliative care among healthcare professionals, the goal 
of Education Outreach is to enhance the quality of life for persons 
entering their final months.
  I certify that this project does not have a direct and foreseeable 
effect on the pecuniary interests of me or my spouse.
  I took extreme care to ensure that these projects are well vetted and 
strongly supported within the community. The Center for Compassionate 
Care Education Outreach appropriation is of particular interest to my 
district and importance to my constituents.


                            request number 3

  Requesting Member: Congressman Tim Murphy
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293--Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Mario Lemieux Foundation
  Address of Requesting Entity: 50 Abele Road, Suite 100, Bridgeville, 
PA 15017
  Amount: $100,000
  Description of Request: The Mario Lemieux Foundation, in conjunction 
with UPCI, recognizes the need for additional community awareness and 
education. With increased funding for patient and community education, 
outreach and awareness activities, MLF's Hodgkin's Disease Patient and 
Public Education Outreach Initiative could do the following: Create a 
Self-Teaching Continuing Medical Education module, expand the ``Reason 
to Hope'' lecture series to an additional twenty sites, develop 
educational materials, provide consumer education in local libraries, 
community centers, hospitals, churches and other venues, purchase new 
books on Hodgkin's disease and related issues (fertility, age 
appropriate information for patients' children and teens, nutrition, 
coping and inspirational stories), develop educational community events 
at UPMC Cancer Centers sites on various aspects of Hodgkin's disease 
including a speaker series to appeal to all age groups, genders and 
interests.

  I certify that this project does not have a direct and foreseeable 
effect on the pecuniary interests of me or my spouse.
  I took extreme care to ensure that these projects are well vetted and 
strongly supported within the community. The Hodgkin's Disease Patient 
and Public Education Outreach Initiative appropriation is of particular 
interest to my district and importance to my constituents.


                            request number 4

  Requesting Member: Congressman Tim Murphy and Congressman John Murtha
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293--Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Monongahela Valley Hospital
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1163 Country Club Road; Monongahela, PA 
15063
  Amount: $400,000
  Description of Request: In the coming year, Monongahela Valley plans 
critical new acquisitions to continue its ongoing effort to serve its 
patients more effectively. Specifically, the hospital must replace 
three key pieces of diagnostic equipment that are vital to hospital 
operations but that have all come to the end of their useful lives. 
Such equipment is absolutely essential to the hospital's continued 
ability to serve its community. This advanced digital diagnostic 
technology will allow health care providers to detect diseases earlier 
and to share those findings more quickly and across greater distances, 
which is important in an area like the Monongahela Valley. Earlier 
detection of diseases improves the quality of life for patients, even 
saving lives, and saves money because when diseases are discovered in 
earlier stages, they are easier and less expensive to treat and are 
treated more successfully.
  I certify that this project does not have a direct and foreseeable 
effect on the pecuniary interests of me or my spouse.
  I took extreme care to ensure that these projects are well vetted and 
strongly supported within the community. The Diagnostic Radiologic 
Equipment appropriation is of particular interest to my district and 
importance to my constituents.


                            request number 5

  Requesting Member: Congressman Tim Murphy
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293--Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Seton Hill University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1 Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 
15601
  Amount: $500,000
  Description of Request: Orthodontics improve oral health, function, 
esthetics and most importantly quality of life. However, significant 
disparities exist regarding access to orthodontic services for low-
income families. Orthodontists have particularly low participation 
rates in Medicaid programs. Reasons for this include low fee 
reimbursement, negative perceptions of Medicaid patients and high rates 
of noncompliance. Access to orthodontics care continues to worsen as 
the weak economy has left many more families without health and dental 
insurance. This problem has been exacerbated in Southwestern 
Pennsylvania as the only area orthodontics clinic (at Westmoreland 
Hospital) that treated the indigent population closed its doors two 
years ago. FY10 would be used to develop the Advanced Certificate in 
Orthodontics at Seton Hill University and help outfit the required 
clinic facilities, which will also serve indigent families' clinical 
care.
  I certify that this project does not have a direct and foreseeable 
effect on the pecuniary interests of me or my spouse.
  I took extreme care to ensure that these projects are well vetted and 
strongly supported within the community. The Orthodontics Program at 
Seton Hill University appropriation is of particular interest to my 
district and importance to my constituents.

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