[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 45 (Thursday, March 28, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E487-E488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




THE INDIANA REGIONAL MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IS VERY GOOD 
                                  NEWS

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                        HON. ANDREW JACOBS, JR.

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 28, 1996

  Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Speaker, thank God there is good news as well as bad.
  The Indiana Regional Minority Supplier Development Council is very 
good news because it plays a positive and effective role in building up 
the backbone of American enterprise, small business.
  For nearly 20 years the council has brought together large majority 
businesses with small minority business suppliers in the State of 
Indiana. And the result has been a very happy one both for the large 
and small corporations.

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  In 1976 the Indiana Regional Minority Supplier Development Council 
was responsible for generating about 6 million dollars' worth of 
business between the large and small companies. By 1982 that figure had 
grown to $38,800,000. All this meant expanding employment opportunities 
and expanding businesses which have proved their capacity to endure and 
continue contributing to our economy.
  All Hoosiers and, in a larger sense, all Americans are the 
beneficiaries of this fine organization which under the leadership of 
Donald Jones is obviously here to stay and one more reason why the 
American free enterprise system is also here to stay.

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