[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 56 (Tuesday, May 10, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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         CLAIRE AND RICHARD KAUTZ, GUAM SMALL BUSINESS AWARDEES

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                        HON. ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD

                                of guam

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 10, 1994

  Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor two very important 
persons, individuals who are an example of what is necessary to be a 
success in a career, a success in the community, and a success in life. 
Those persons, Mr. Speaker, are Richard P. Kautz, president, and Claire 
A. Kautz, vice president, of Kautz and Sons Glass Company, Inc. The 
Kautzes represent the kind of entrepreneurship which builds and 
enhances economies at the community level. They also represent the kind 
of community spirit through their participation in island life which 
brings dividends to all the people of Guam.
  Their perseverance, determination, and hard work is exemplary of the 
tools necessary to make it in a society where violence and corruption 
seem to dominate our children's activities.
  Richard and Claire came from Michigan. Richard has worked in the 
glass business since 1955, and Claire's family has owned a glass 
company since 1949. Richard worked in the glass business for 4 years in 
Hawaii. In 1971, they moved to Guam and 2 years later, Kautz and Sons 
started. They began making storefront plate glass windows, entry doors, 
and aluminum flush-skin doors. In 1976, Typhoon Pamela hit and 
destroyed Guam. The Kautzes introduced typhoon shutters to the island. 
In 1982, a fire destroyed their office and inventory room; an SBA loan 
allowed them to be back in business and by the 1980's and early 1990's 
their sales reached nearly 2.5 million in 1991. They now export to the 
Northern Marianas and to Micronesia, and they have 27 employees along 
with a line of many products such as window screens and sliding and 
swinging glass doors.
  Richard P. Kautz and Claire Kautz, I personally congratulate you on 
being the Small Business Persons of the Year awardees from Guam. I wish 
you much continued success in the future and may you maintain the 
excellent example you have been for the people of Guam.
  Si yu'os ma'ase.