[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7437]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          SMALL BUSINESS WEEK

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                        HON. DONALD A. MANZULLO

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 8, 2001

  Mr. MANZULLO. Mr. Speaker, as Chairman of the Small Business 
Committee, I am pleased to join with the President in launching Small 
Business Week. Small businesses represent the most important sector of 
our economy. They comprise 99.7 percent of all the employers in the 
United States. They provide two-thirds of the initial job opportunities 
for Americans. And, they provided over $63 billion worth of goods and 
services to the federal government.
  One of my constituents, Ms. Rebecca Hillburst of Rockford, Illinois, 
will be honored this week as the Regional Subcontractor of the Year. 
She is the first in our region to receive this award.
  Ms. Hillburst's father started the Commercial Printing Company in 
Rockford in 1948. She assumed the helm of the company in 1989. The 
business performs customized and commercial printing jobs. Rebecca 
Hillburst and her four employees, George, Lars and Eleanor Hillburst 
and Darcie Powelson are symbolic of the small entrepreneurial 
enterprise that makes America great. I applaud their hard work and 
dedication.

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