[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1405]
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          COMMEND LEO R. McDONOUGH OF THE SMC BUSINESS COUNCIL

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                         HON. MICHAEL F. DOYLE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 30, 1996

  Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I wish to commend one of my constituents, Mr. 
Leo McDonough, for his numerous years of dedication to the small 
business community of Pennsylvania.
  As president of the SMC Business Councils, Mr. McDonough has been an 
effective advocate for the more than 4,800 owners of small businesses 
in the Commonwealth. More than 123,000 persons rely on those businesses 
for their employment, which is a remarkable proof that small business 
is the backbone of the national economy.
  Leo McDonough served his Nation in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific 
during World War II. He pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates and later 
worked in the insurance business.
  For more than 27 years, my Swissvale Borough neighbor, Leo McDonough 
has worked tirelessly on behalf of the small business movement. From 
the moment he assumed the helm of the Service, Manufacturing, and 
Commercial Business Councils, Leo McDonough compelled many Americans to 
value the role of the small business in our Nation.
  Former Governor Robert P. Casey appointed Leo McDonough as a member 
of the Health Policy Board of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in April 
1993. He also was in the forefront of organizing the Governor's Small 
Business Conferences in Pennsylvania and served on the Governor's Small 
Business Advisory Council.
  He achieved many other goals and received awards for service to 
business too numerous to mention. I join many from western Pennsylvania 
in wishing him the rewards of an enjoyable retirement. Thank you, Leo, 
for your steadfast work.

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