[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 19564-19565]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING JOSEPH STALNAKER AND THE PAWS WITH A CAUSE ORGANIZATION

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                         HON. HARRY E. MITCHELL

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 17, 2008

  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Joseph 
Stalnaker and the Paws with a Cause organization. On the morning of 
Wednesday, September 13, 2008, Mr. Stalnaker suffered a seizure as a 
result of an injury he received while serving in the U.S. military. 
While Mr. Stalnaker was unable to help himself, his trained service 
dog, Buddy, managed to place the 911 call that saved his life. He had 
adopted Buddy from Paws with a Cause a year earlier.
  The Paws with a Cause organization trains seeing eye and service dogs 
to be placed for

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adoption by people with disabilities. They are the nation's largest 
non-profit group providing service dogs trained especially to handle 
people with seizure-related disorders. Their goal is to not only assist 
people with serious disabilities, but to encourage them to be able to 
live independently. Paws with a Cause purveys a message of awareness 
through education, and provides service dogs to its clients free of 
charge.
  Through these advocacy programs, people with disabilities like Joseph 
Stalnaker, who bravely served our country, are able to live 
independently. The Paws with a Cause program tirelessly serves the 
community, providing both aid to those with disabilities, and providing 
homes to many dogs that would not otherwise have these opportunities.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in recognizing the Paws with a Cause 
organization and one of its fortunate beneficiaries, Joseph Stalnaker.

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