[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 55 (Thursday, April 16, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H2273]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING JIM McNEAL 

  (Mr. McCLINTOCK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, with great sadness, I rise to mourn the 
passing of Jim McNeal, a California business and civic leader, who for 
decades guided one of the largest and oldest independent ambulance 
companies in California, Schaefer Ambulance.
  His work ethic was legendary. At the age of 83, he was still running 
the family business. For all those years, he struggled with the 
challenges of competing against his own tax dollars in a highly 
regulated environment, facing and fighting government double standards 
at every turn. I know all about that. I would get an earful from him 
every month or so.
  Jim McNeal was a patriot who served in the Korean war and believed in 
freedom as a gospel that he would preach to everyone that he met.
  During his marriage of 53 years, he and his wife, Louella, raised 
three children and had six grandchildren. Their family's grief today is 
shared by all who knew him. Our country has lost an exemplary citizen 
and, his family, a devoted patriarch.

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