[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 9 (Wednesday, February 2, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRATULATING BOZEMAN, MONTANA

  (Mr. REHBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. REHBERG. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call attention to one of my 
favorite cities in America: Bozeman, Montana. Nestled in the scenic 
Bridger mountain range, Bozeman draws visitors from around the world 
for its first-class outdoor recreational activities. Yet it is more 
than a gateway to Montana's natural splendor. It is a dynamic center of 
commerce.
  A recent study by the American Cities Business Journal named Bozeman 
as the best small-business market in the United States among cities 
with fewer than 100,000 people. This comes as no surprise since Bozeman 
has first-rate public schools, has become a center of science and 
technology in its home to Montana State University. Bozeman is the kind 
of community where parents can let children play in the neighborhoods 
and where people still wave and say hello when one passes them on the 
street. The experts have now discovered what many of us in Montana 
already knew: Bozeman is a place with everything a business needs to 
succeed.
  I congratulate the city of Bozeman for becoming the best small 
business market in the country.

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