[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Page 29024]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           THE MARTEL FAMILY

 Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I rise today in recognition of the 
Martel family of Bozeman, Montana.
  In 1951, Emil Martel and his family fled communist Russia and 
eventually settled in Bozeman. In 1960, Emil and his son, Bill, formed 
Martel Construction and constituted its entire workforce. In the past 
forty years, however, Martel Construction has grown to employ 200 
people and now contracts in six states. Today, Martel Construction 
maintains its familiar character and is still run as a family business. 
Martel Construction was recently awarded the United States Small 
Business Administration's 1999 Entrepreneurial Success Award as well as 
the 1999 Montana Family Business of the Year award by the College of 
Business at Montana State University-Bozeman.
  Martel Construction and the Martel family represent a modern American 
success story. I applaud them not only for what they have accomplished 
for themselves but also for what they have given back to their 
community. Their hard work serves as inspiration for other small 
businesses in my state of Montana; their success is proof that the 
American Dream lives on.

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