[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 20, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H4224]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        METROATLANTA AMBULANCE: 2006 SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, today I rise and ask the House to 
recognize and congratulate an outstanding Atlanta area small business 
that has proven to be a model for community leadership and 
responsibility.
  The MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service was recently named the Cobb County 
Chamber of Commerce 2006 Small Business of the Year. The company 
provides 9/11 emergency ambulance services and prehospital care for the 
sick and injured throughout the Atlanta area.
  As a medical doctor, I know the importance of reliable and rapid 
emergency response care, and MetroAtlanta Ambulance provides a service 
critical to the health and well-being of our community. The company has 
demonstrated time and again that they are more than just a business. 
Rather, they have shown an honest, sincere, and repeated desire to lend 
a hand to others. They took a lead role last year in coordinating 
ambulance services and logistics for the evacuation of victims of 
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Their hard work led to the relocation of 
1,300 people from the flood-damaged region.
  Mr. Speaker, MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service is a great example of 
what can be accomplished when sound, honest business practices are 
coupled with a sincere desire to help neighbors in need.
  Congratulations to MetroAtlanta Ambulance.

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