[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 15, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  COMMENDING MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN R.R. DONNELLEY AND ALL 
                           PRINTING GRAPHICS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend R.R. 
Donnelley & Sons Company for being a leader in minority business 
development by entering a multiyear master service agreement with All 
Printing and Graphics Incorporated, a certified minority business 
enterprise headed by Mr. Hoyett Owens.
  This agreement goes beyond the ordinary tier one vendor relationship 
and creates a new model that encompasses the spirit of minority 
business development. This alliance enables an important minority-owned 
business in Chicago to draw on R.R. Donnelley's manufacturing, 
information technology and product development resources, making All 
Printing and Graphics one of the leading minority-owned printing 
companies in the country.
  R.R. Donnelley is a premier, full-service global print provider and 
the largest printing company in North America. It was founded 140 years 
ago and serves the largest companies in the world through a 
comprehensive range of verifiable printing services and market-specific 
solutions.
  All Printing and Graphics provides award-winning graphic design and 
imprinting services. Under the leadership of Mr. Hoyett Owens, it 
developed from a small printing company to a multimillion-dollar 
business that was selected by Chicago's Civic Committee of Inner City 
Business Development and the city of Chicago for a unique program 
connecting strong minority companies with large corporations.
  The relationship between R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company and All 
Printing and Graphics, Incorporated, can serve as an example of a 
possible solution to the problems facing small businesses.
  There are an estimated 25 million small businesses in America. They 
employ half of our workers that account for half of our gross domestic 
product and create three out of every four new jobs. Small businesses 
have and will continue to pull the U.S. economy out of recession. They 
anchor our neighborhoods, employ and train our workers, and take care 
of our families. They are the reason that the United States economy has 
consistently been known as the strongest in the world.
  Despite all of their contributions, they still have many problems and 
face many barriers, access to capital, opportunity for new markets.
  The agreement between R.R. Donnelley and All Printing and Graphics is 
an example of something called BusinessLINC, where a major business 
links with a smaller business in order to provide not only resources 
but also technical assistance and open markets for the smaller unit.

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  And so I commend R.R. Donnelley and All Printing and Graphics as an 
example of how to strengthen and develop small business enterprises in 
this country and make sure that small businesses continue to grow, 
thrive and develop.

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