[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 13, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E524-E525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING BOTH REGIONAL CONTRACTING SERVICES, LLC, IN WASHINGTON, D.C., 
AS THE 2010 SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR, AND ITS FOUNDER, BEVERLY THOMAS

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 13, 2010

  Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask the House of 
Representatives to join me in honoring Regional Contracting Services, 
LLC, in Washington, D.C., as the 2010 D.C. Small Business of the Year, 
and its founder, Beverly Thomas. Regional Contracting Services is a 
woman-owned, minority D.C. business that specializes in rough 
carpentry, fire-stopping, insulation, and building supplies. The 
company recently received a significant contract to do work at the U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headquarters construction 
project, the largest federal construction project underway in the 
United States today, where 100 percent of the pre-construction 
contracts were awarded to small, minority-owned, and disadvantaged 
businesses, and

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40 percent of these contracts were awarded to businesses in the 
District of Columbia, where the project is located.
  Regional Contracting Services began in July 2001 with a $7,000 
investment and has grown significantly, reporting annual sales revenue 
of $16 million last year, with a bonding capacity of $2 million per 
job, and $10 million in total. Regional Contracting Services has 60 
employees, and has been rated among the top 500 ``Fastest Growing 
Companies in America'' by Entrepreneur magazine.
  Regional Contracting Services has worked on some of the Washington 
area's top projects, including the Children's National Medical Center, 
the Mandarin Hotel, the Pentagon, the National Museum of the American 
Indian, the Walter Washington Convention Center, the Washington 
Nationals' Baseball Stadium, and the Washington Metro Area Transit 
Authority--Brentwood Yard Expansion.
  Receiving a contract for the DHS headquarters construction project is 
a testament to Regional Contracting Services' success and motivation 
for other D.C. small businesses in competition for a share of the DHS 
headquarters project. The early success of Regional Contracting 
Services stands as an example to our local businesses, that in a fair 
competition, they can win. Madam Speaker, I ask the House of 
Representatives to join me in honoring both Regional Contracting 
Services, LLC, in Washington, D.C., as the 2010 D.C. Small Business of 
the Year, and its founder, Beverly Thomas.

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