[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 22, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10998]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER

 Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, Friday, October 24, in my hometown 
of Nashville, TN, the National Association of Women Business Owners/
Nashville Chapter and the Nashville Foundation for Women Business 
Owners will recognize the establishment of an exciting and worthwhile 
project--The Women's Resource Center.
  The first in Tennessee, the Women's Resource Center is designed to 
further enhance business opportunities for women, by providing 
technical assistance, training, and education. I am proud that 
Nashville is currently among the 10 fastest growing metropolitan areas 
for women-owned businesses, and this center will ensure continued 
economic growth and increase participation from women interested in 
founding and growing their own businesses.
  Like most visionary ideas, this one would not have happened without 
community support, and women who clearly saw the need for the center 
and rose to the occasion to make their dream come true. My 
congratulations go to all of the Nashville members of the Foundation 
for Women Business Owners and the National Association of Women 
Business Owners, and especially to local entrepreneurs who as 
``founding mothers'' provided the initial capital to match funds from 
the Small Business Administration.
  When Alexis de Toqueville traveled this young Nation, he wrote, ``If 
I were asked to what the singular prosperity and growing strength of 
the American people ought mainly to be attributed, I should reply--to 
the superiority of their women.'' His words still ring true today, and 
the realization of the Women's Resource Center is further testimony to 
the superiority and the achievements of these outstanding women 
business owners in Nashville, TN. I am honored to serve as their U.S. 
Senator.

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