[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 75 (Thursday, May 5, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2357-S2358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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 RECOGNIZING P31 THERAPEUTIC GRADE ESSENTIAL OILS AND HOMEMADE PRODUCTS

 Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, as ranking member of the Senate 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week, I 
recognize an outstanding Kentucky small business that exemplifies the 
American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to 
recognize the small business, P31 Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils and 
Homemade Products of Morgantown, KY, as the Senate Small Business of 
the Week.
  As any small business owner knows, the path of entrepreneurship is 
rarely straight and narrow. As is the case with this small business 
owner, Tabby Daugherty, who opened P31 Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils 
and Homemade Products, also known as P31 Storefront Insiders, in 2018. 
P31's story began a couple years prior to her official opening date. In 
2016, Tabby was a part-time employee at Life-Skills, working with 
adults with disabilities while she raised her several children. As a 
mother of a large family, she strived to keep the meaning of Proverbs 
31 at the core of her work and home life. What served as a motto of 
sorts became the inspiration for her business and its name, hence the 
P31.
  Proverbs 31:17-18 reads, ``She dresses herself with strength and 
makes her arms strong. She perceives that her merchandise is 
profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night.'' Taking from that 
verse, Tabby sought to make herself and her household more self-
sustaining and started to make her own laundry soap. Word gathered 
around town, and soon, there was widespread interest in Tabby's 
homemade soap. This do-it-yourself project and the demand it garnered 
soon led to her founding her own business.
  A business selling soap grew into a venture that offered over 100 
products. After a friend suggested she start creating products using 
essential oils, Tabby expanded her variety of products and began to 
sell moisturizers, serums, bracelets, and diffusers. She also creates 
custom products used to treat maladies. Around town, people know Tabby 
as a giver, evident in her role as a mother of a big family and in her 
previous job at Life-Skills looking after those with disabilities. For 
that reason, many put their faith in her and her products, often coming 
to her with a special request for a specific blend. Tabby gladly takes 
all requests even though it requires extra time and care

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on her part to learn how to create these specially-requested items.
  Customers keep coming back to P31 Storefront Insiders because they 
appreciate the diligent care Tabby takes in creating her line of items. 
The citizens of Morgantown and beyond seek her out because they know 
that all her products are made with real ingredients, are made in 
store, and are created without fragrances or synthetic products. 
Moreover, Tabby and her business operations abide by a strict set of 
codes, the most fundamental of which is customer appreciation. Patrons 
walk in to feel welcomed and lifted up. Tabby keeps the essence of her 
favorite proverb at the core of her life and her shop, evident for all 
to see.
  Tabby is a strong force within the Morgantown community. She stays 
involved with the local chapter of the Boys and Girls Club, as well as 
the local bass fishing team. She also makes sure her business is there 
to fill any sort of community need that may arise, for example, in 
previous clothes drives she has offered P31 Storefront Insiders as a 
drop-off location. And when her children's sports team needed to raise 
money for new equipment, she took a creative approach towards lending a 
hand: providing the ingredients of her famous soap to the team's 
players, requiring them to make it and sell it on their own. In this 
way, she provided the team the tools to achieve their fundraising goals 
but allowed the children to take responsibility for their efforts. 
Given its popularity, she has also opened that opportunity to other 
Butler County schools.
  A giving and charitable spirit permeates throughout Tabby's life and 
her business. She currently offers a ``Maggie Collection'' product line 
of bracelets. Maggie is a local young girl who was diagnosed with 
leukemia, and P31 donates $2 from every bracelet sold towards Maggie's 
treatment. Tabby also hosts an in-store bible study every Wednesday for 
local teenage girls, allowing them the opportunity to speak about 
devotion over pizza and soda. Without a doubt, Tabby is a force for 
good, and she capitalizes on her position as a local entrepreneur to 
help improve the lives of those around her. She truly captures the 
benevolent essence that so often goes hand in hand with the 
entrepreneurial spirit. I want to congratulate the whole team at P31 
Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils and Homemade Products and wish Tabby 
the best of luck. I look forward to watching her continued growth and 
success in Kentucky.

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