[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                   HONORING REPRESENTATIVE DEAN GALLO

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                               speech of

                         HON. ROMANO L. MAZZOLI

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 6, 1994

  Mr. MAZZOLI. Mr. Speaker, it is a honor for me to join the many other 
Members, from both sides of the aisle, paying tribute to Representative 
Dean Gallo, our friend and colleague.
  Dean Gallo, first elected to New Jersey's 11th Congressional District 
in 1985, has served as a constant voice for the small businesses of New 
Jersey, and has insured that resources and financial backing are 
available to small businesses. Dean himself a real estate agent, 
understands the needs of small businesses and, through his work on the 
House Small Business Committee, has strengthened and expanded the Small 
Business Association, which, at the time of Dean's arrival to the 
Congress in 1985, was threatened with extinction.
  His efforts in Washington have not gone unnoticed. In 1989, Dean 
Gallo was awarded the New Jersey Small Business Development Center's 
excellence award. Furthermore, he is a five-time recipient of the 
Guardian of Small Business Award, and a five-time recipient of the 
Spirit of Enterprise Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
  Throughout Dean Gallo's career in public service, beginning in 1968 
as a member of the Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Council, he has been 
a champion of small businesses, and has understood that today's larger 
corporations and all businesses were once small businesses. Dean has 
spearheaded the effort in Congress to increase exports and expand our 
international trade routes, most recently in dealing with the European 
Community. As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, Dean 
Gallo helped to increase Export-Import Bank funding from $500 million 
to $750 million.
  Under the circumstances of Dean's retirement, he should know that my 
prayers are with him and his family for a full and speedy recovery. May 
God bless you, Dean.