[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 29, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E359]
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                     RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PEO WEEK

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                           HON. ERIN HOUCHIN

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 29, 2025

  Mrs. HOUCHIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate National PEO 
Week, which starts May 18 and ends May 24, 2025.
  National PEO Week will celebrate the important contributions of the 
professional employer organization (PEO) industry, which provides 
payroll, employee benefits, compliance assistance and HR services to 
hundreds of thousands of small and mid-sized businesses that employ 
more than 4.5 million people.
  PEOs help small businesses improve productivity and profitability, 
focus on their core mission and grow. Through a PEO, the employees of 
small businesses gain access to important employee benefits such as: 
401(k) plans; health, dental, life and other insurance; dependent care; 
and other benefits they might not typically receive as employees of a 
small company.
  PEOs also take over the back-office tasks that consume time, energy 
and resources, enabling small businesses working with a PEO to grow two 
times faster, have employee turnover that is 12 percent lower and a 
higher business survival rate.
  I know the value that PEOs provide. Before coming to Congress, I 
worked for a PEO, and I saw firsthand the positive impact they had on 
small businesses in my home state of Indiana.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the PEO industry for all 
they do to help our nation's small businesses, and their employees 
prosper.

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