[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 28155]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONGRATULATING GEORGE F. POTARACKE

 Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I would like to take this time to 
congratulate Mr. George F. Potaracke on his retirement from the 
Wisconsin Board on Aging and Long Term Care, where he has served as 
executive director since 1981.
  Mr. Potaracke has been with the Board on Aging and Long Term Care 
since its inception in the early 1980s and was selected as its first 
executive director. Under his leadership, the Board on Aging and Long 
Term Care has grown from an agency of only 3 employees to an agency of 
30 employees with offices throughout the State.
  Along with his duties as executive director of the Board on Aging and 
Longterm Care, Mr. Potaracke directs the Wisconsin Medigap hotline, 
which provides counseling services for Medicare beneficiaries in 
Wisconsin. He is the treasurer of the National Citizens Coalition for 
Nursing Home Reform and an adviser to the National Health Policy 
Council and the Aging Leadership Council. He has served as president of 
the National Association of State Long Term Care Programs and leads 
fundraising efforts for this organization.
  In addition to his work on behalf of seniors, Mr. Potaracke is 
actively involved with the national Human Rights Campaign, the AIDS 
Support Network of Southern Wisconsin, Frontier Men of Dane County, and 
the New Harvest Foundation, where he chairs fund-raising efforts.
  Throughout his career, Mr. Potaracke has dedicated himself to a wide 
range of aging services. As chair of the Senate Special Committee on 
Aging, I have had the distinct privilege of working with Mr. Potaracke 
on a variety of issues and hold his opinion in the highest regard. He 
is nationally recognized as an advocate for our aging population and 
has truly made a difference on behalf of all seniors.
  On behalf of our State and Nation, I thank Mr. Potaracke for his 
service and wish him good health, happiness, and prosperity for many 
years to come.

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