[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10789]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                                 SCORE

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that my colleague who just 
spoke is emphasizing Small Business Week. This is Small Business Week. 
It is a time to celebrate the entrepreneurs that make the Nation's 
engine run. I want to take this opportunity to recognize a group of 
people that serve as that engine's mechanics, the Service Corps of 
Retired Executives, known as SCORE, which is celebrating their 35th 
anniversary this year.
  SCORE is made up of a group of retired business executives. They 
volunteer their time and business expertise to counsel and advise our 
Nation's small business and entrepreneurs-to-be. With well over 50 
percent of all new businesses failing within the first 6 years, 
counseling early on can make a difference between success and failure 
of a new business. SCORE's free counseling service does that job and it 
does it well.
  In particular, I want to recognize the 166 SCORE volunteers in 
Colorado. Colorado SCORE counselors worked nearly 15,000 hours last 
year in support of the Colorado business community. Their support for 
Colorado's businesses are appreciated, and I encourage them to keep up 
the good work.

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