[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 91 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HELPING HOSPITALS IMPROVE PATIENT CARE ACT OF 2016

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                               speech of

                           HON. JIM McDERMOTT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 7, 2016

  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I would like to acknowledge the staff who 
helped make the Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act possible.
  First, I would like to thank the Democratic staff: Amy Hall, Sarah 
Levin, Melanie Egorin, Daniel Foster, JC Cannon, and Daniel Jackson. 
And on the Republican side: Emily Murry, Lisa Grabert, Nick Uehlecke, 
and Taylor Trott.
  I would also like to thank the staff at CMS: Ira Burney, Anne Scott, 
Lisa Yen.
  And the staff at the House Office of Legislative Counsel: Ed 
Grossman--Ed has been there for as long as I have been here, so any 
bill that gets out of here without Ed looking at it is a pretty rare 
bill--and Jessica Shapiro, who was instrumental in drafting this 
legislation and for years has taken a leading role in drafting 
countless other Medicare bills in the House.
  Finally, I would like to thank the staff of the Congressional Budget 
Office who worked on this bill: Tom Bradley, Lori Housman, Kevin 
McNellis, and Jamease Kowalczyk.
  We appreciate their hard work.

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