[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 130 (Friday, September 27, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1391]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING JENNIFER VAUPEL

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 27, 2013

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues in the 
House to join me in recognizing Washington, DC physician assistant 
Jennifer Vaupel, who practices at Bread for the City. We commend Mrs. 
Vaupel for the valuable health care services she provides to medically 
underserved populations in DC. She should be honored for her compassion 
and the quality medical services she provides to these vulnerable 
patients.
  Mrs. Vaupel has served as a physician assistant for almost six years 
at Bread for the City, which is a premier safety-net service 
organization in DC Bread for the City has been providing comprehensive 
support services--food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social 
services--to the city's low-income population for nearly 40 years.
  As the sole full-time physician assistant working at this nonprofit, 
Mrs. Vaupel ensures patients receive the health care and other services 
they need. Throughout her career in health care, Mrs. Vaupel has gone 
above and beyond what is required of her. She seeks to understand the 
socioeconomic challenges her patients endure, and, as a result, she is 
able to ensure better health care outcomes for her patients.
  Because of Mrs. Vaupel's courageous work, Bread for the City was 
awarded the prestigious Caring for Communities Grant from the Physician 
Assistant Foundation. This $5,000 annual award was presented to Bread 
for the City in May 2013, in recognition of the manner in which the 
nonprofit has used physician assistants in providing care to people 
with disabilities or for those without the ability to pay for medical 
services. The award also recognizes the numerous educational 
experiences Bread for the City has given physician assistants and 
students in physician assistant programs.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the 
successful and compassionate work of Mrs. Vaupel. Mrs. Vaupel improves 
the quality of life for many residents of Washington, DC, as 
exemplified by the awarding of the Physician Assistant Foundation grant 
to Bread for the City. Her work not only directly helps her patients, 
but it also sets a wonderful humanitarian example for us all.

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