[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 162 (Wednesday, October 24, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2234]
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                        HONORING TONYA G. JONES

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                         HON. MARSHA BLACKBURN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 24, 2007

  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Tonya Jones, a small business leader and president of 
Mark IV Enterprises, Inc. in Nashville, as she is inducted into the 
2007 Building Industry of Tennessee Hall of Fame.
  Tonya Jones has been a trailblazer in the building industry 
throughout her career. She became involved in construction in Nashville 
in 1980, started her own business in 1985, and in 1986 was the first 
woman elected to serve on the Builders Board for the Home Builders 
Association of Middle Tennessee.
  Tonya Jones was instrumental in the establishment of the Home 
Builders Association of Middle Tennessee's Legal Defense Fund, and was 
the first to urge that HBAMT move forward with litigation against a 
county for unfair housing policies. Additionally, she was highly 
influential in cementing the success of the Self-Insured Worker's 
Compensation Trust Fund as one of its founding Trustees.
  Tonya Jones has been named a Life Director for the National 
Association of Homebuilders, and in 1995, she earned the Home Builders 
Association of Tennessee's highest honor, Builder of the Year. The 
Better Business Bureau recognized her integrity and ethics in business 
by naming her Ambassador of the Year in 2006.
  In addition to these accomplishments, Tonya Jones has served on 
boards of directors for numerous organizations, including Habitat for 
Humanity, the Better Business Bureau, TRICOR, Nashville Metropolitan 
Planning Commission, U.S. Bank Regional Board, and Nashville's 
Metropolitan Board for Parks and Recreation.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in honoring Tonya Jones for her 
exemplary contributions in business and in our community, and in 
congratulating her on this well-deserved award.

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