[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 59 (Friday, May 10, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E783]
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                      NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK

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                          HON. LAMAR S. SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 10, 2002

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this week is National Small Business 
Week.
  It is a time to celebrate the contributions that America's small 
businesses make to our economy.
  Small business is the engine that drives this nation, producing 75 
percent of new jobs, accounting for almost 98 percent of all employers 
and 53 percent of the private work force.
  It is our small businesses that will continue to lead us to economic 
recovery.
  In particular, small tech businesses are on the front lines of the 
digital revolution. They have led the way in advances from broadband 
deployment to software development.
  My state of Texas ranks second nationally in high tech workers, 
employing more than 411,000 with an annual payroll of about $25 
billion. Many of those employees are working for small businesses.
  And my new congressional district contains thousands of small, 
innovative high tech centered businesses.
  One such company is SecureInfo in San Antonio. SecureInfo was founded 
in 1994 and has 64 employees.
  SecureInfo allows companies and government agencies to learn about 
and fix their existing cyber vulnerabilities before they can be 
exploited by hackers. Exploiting known vulnerabilities is the weapon of 
choice for cyber terrorists.
  SecureInfo battles these electronic attackers with vulnerability 
intelligence methods that were developed while its founders were 
working for the United States Air Force Emergency Response Team.
  SecureInfo is just one of the thousands of small technology 
businesses around the country connecting rural America, developing next 
generation hardware and software, protecting our electronic assets and 
keeping America on the forefront of technological advances.

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