[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 141 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S12280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LORD & COMPANY, INC.

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I am proud today to praise an outstanding 
Virginian and his Virginia company. Juan G. ``Bill'' Cabrera is 
President of Lord & Company, Inc., in Manassas, VA, and last week Mr. 
Cabrera was named the Minority Small Business Person of the Year for 
his region of the country.
  Government contracts are crucial to our country in so many ways. 
First, they are an essential part of Virginia's economy, especially in 
the Northern Virginia area. Second, through minority contracting 
programs, our government provides invaluable opportunities to minority-
owned businesses to get a necessary foothold in the marketplace. Third, 
our taxpayers deserve and demand that they receive the maximum value 
for their money.
  Mr. Cabrera and his company are a perfect example of this important 
combination. He moved the fledgling company from Alabama to Virginia in 
1984 where it began to acquire more contracts in the fields of 
instrumentation, controls, and monitoring systems. In 1991, the Small 
Business Administration certified the firm for the section 8(a) 
program, and Lord & Company took off.
  The company has received numerous quality awards from the Departments 
of the Navy and Army, Fairfax County Public Schools, and numerous 
private companies. Moreover, Mr. Cabrera has made special efforts to 
diversify his workplace by hiring single parents, minorities, and 
others in need of employment. The company has also started its own 
contracting program by adopting a small minority-owned business and 
assisting it with technical and managerial support.
  Mr. Cabrera has been recognized for his talents before, having served 
as a delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business and 
attending the Amos Tuck School of Minority Business Executive Program 
at Dartmouth College.
  In sum, Mr. Cabrera has shown remarkable energy in providing solid 
work product to the taxpayers and his other clients, community 
involvement to his area, and jobs to his growing number of employees. I 
am proud to salute him for his recent award and look forward to hearing 
about Lord & Company's continued success.

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