[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 125 (Friday, September 29, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1914]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          CELEBRATING KPMG LLP'S VOLUNTEERISM IN PHILADELPHIA

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                          HON. ROBERT A. BRADY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 28, 2006

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
spirit of volunteerism embodied by a company in Philadelphia which 
celebrates its 100th anniversary in our city, KPMG LLP.
  KPMG's partners and employees serve as officers, directors and 
volunteers for many of Philadelphia's philanthropic and charitable 
organizations. Earlier this year, KPMG sponsored the ``City Hall in 
Bloom'' spring planting. As part of the event, more than 200 KPMG 
volunteers joined students from the Bach-Martin Elementary School in 
clearing, cleaning and preparing beds for more than 8,500 flowers, 
plants, and trees in the largest volunteer clean-up ever mounted at 
City Hall. Other examples of KPMG's volunteerism are many. Employees 
helped paint the interior of Bach-Martin school and created a new mural 
for the entrance. The firm also has assisted the ``Help Philadelphia'' 
women's shelter with a number of events over the years. And last year, 
KPMG helped welcome refugees from Hurricane Katrina, assisting in their 
relocation, while this year a group of KPMG professionals traveled to 
the Gulf region to help rebuild homes with Habitat for Humanity.
  In 1906, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. opened its doors on Chestnut Street. 
Marwick, Mitchell & Co. was then a small accounting firm with less than 
a handful of partners. In the these last 100 years, Philadelphia has 
added greatly to its history as the birthplace of the American republic 
to its renown as one of the Nation's leading ports, centers of 
commerce, and home to many Fortune 500 companies. Marwick, Mitchell & 
Co. grew with Philadelphia and is known today as KPMG.
  Throughout its history, KPMG has been and is an outstanding citizen 
of Philadelphia. KPMG is today one of the oldest and largest 
professional services firms in the city, employing more than 850 
professionals headquartered on Market Street and providing a variety of 
audit, tax and advisory services to the public and private sectors.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to pay tribute to KPMG and its people for 100 
years of service to Philadelphia, for its contributions to the growth 
and health of the city's commerce, and for its many efforts benefiting 
our community's quality of life.

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