[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 118 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2161-E2162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. MARY FALLIN

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 31, 2009

  Ms. FALLIN. 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, the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2010. I requested and received $200,000.00 for 
Operation Servicemen Success at the Oklahoma City Community College 
located at 7777 South May Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73150. This 
program will provide additional personnel to support Veterans and 
service members attending OCCC, through a full time Coordinator of 
Veterans Services, a special population licensed counselor, career 
advisors, clerical support and tutoring services. Expansion of services 
for service members enrolled in classes at OCCC should be promoted to 
these students by the Veterans Services Office functioning as a 
centralized source of information and referral. To succeed in college, 
it is critical that veterans have a successful transition from the 
military into campus life. The aim of this program is to provide 
intensive transitional and support services for military veterans as 
many veterans have a difficult time readjusting to civilian life and 
translating their military service into applicable college and career 
goals. This service provides enhanced and specialized support services 
to military veteran students from the time they commit to attending the 
OCCC through the end of their education and beyond.
  I requested and received $350,000.00 for the Proton Cancer Therapy 
Research and Education Center at Oklahoma State University in 
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078. Oklahoma State University and ProCure 
Treatment Centers Inc. have formed a public-private partnership for 
training, education and research in proton therapy for the treatment of 
cancer. In many situations cancer treatment by means of precisely 
directed beams of energetic protons is the most effective therapeutic 
alternative to more traditional surgical and radiation cancer treatment 
procedures. ProCure is currently completing construction of a multi-
million dollar, proton treatment facility in Oklahoma City, dedicated 
to the treatment of cancer. It will allow access to world-leading 
technology for patients in the central region of the United States and 
is the first of several such centers planned by ProCure throughout the 
country in the coming years. We propose to place Oklahoma at the 
forefront of proton cancer treatment by establishing a world-class, 
research and education center at OSU, in partnership with ProCure, in 
order to train accredited personnel in this next-generation cancer 
treatment modality. Scientists at the world-renowned Radiation Physics 
Laboratory at OSU have been conducting research in the characterization 
and monitoring of proton beams used in cancer therapy for over fifteen 
years. The OSU group has recently teamed with ProCure to establish a 
research and training program at OSU. The requested federal funding 
will build from the existing private funding to establish a leading 
national center of excellence. Establishing a proton therapy center in

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the middle of Oklahoma will be of tremendous benefit to the citizens of 
this state and surrounding states. There are estimated to be over 
250,000 cancer patients nationwide, and over 3,000 each year in a 250 
mile radius of Oklahoma City, many of whom can benefit from proton 
radiation therapy.
  I requested and received $300,000.00 for Oklahoma State Health Mobile 
Clinic and Medical Response at Oklahoma State University, Center for 
Health Systems at 1111 West 17th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74107. This 
project seeks to do two things: (1) expand and enhance the OSU Center 
for Health Science's health information technology system, including 
its telemedicine and distance learning as well as electronic medical 
records network, and (2) bring diagnostic and medical services to 
geographic regions in Oklahoma where even telemedicine is not yet 
feasible or reasonably located by use of a mobile clinic. The mobile 
clinics will be available to provide medical services in response to 
natural or manmade disasters.

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