[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 258]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         COMMENDING SCOTT MALAN

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                           HON. PHIL ENGLISH

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 21, 2004

  Mr. ENGLISH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend a true advocate for 
Pennsylvania's hospitals and patients. For over twenty-five years Scott 
Malan has tirelessly advocated for increasing the quality of health 
care available to Americans. He has done so quite successfully, Mr. 
Speaker.
  Most recently, Mr. Malan served as vice president for legislative 
services at the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania. In this capacity, 
Mr. Malan directed federal advocacy campaigns, saving Pennsylvania 
hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars and increasing the quality of 
care for Pennsylvanians. Mr. Speaker, I had the pleasure of working 
with Mr. Malan on numerous initiatives over the past few years. In 
fact, we worked closely to include in the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 provisions which will ensure 
that Pennsylvania hospitals in rural areas are able to continue to 
provide quality care to Pennsylvanians. We also worked to include 
provisions to increase indirect graduate medical education payments to 
hospitals in order to ensure Americans have access to the most 
innovative care available. Mr. Speaker, due to Mr. Malan's diligent 
efforts and the steadfast work of the Pennsylvania congressional 
delegation, these provisions will be signed into law today by President 
Bush.
  While it may seem, Mr. Speaker, that Mr. Malan is at the top of his 
game, in fact he is currently soaring to new heights. Mr. Malan has 
brought the expertise and knowledge he has amassed over the past 
twenty-five years to Triad Strategies, one of Pennsylvania's largest 
government relations firms. While at Triad Strategies, Mr. Malan will 
undoubtedly continue to advance policies which will enrich the lives of 
every American by working to ensure affordable, quality health care in 
this country.
  Mr. Speaker, I wish Mr. Malan the best in his future endeavors and 
thank him for the dedication he has displayed over the past years to 
making the lives of my constituents better.

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