[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 308]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  A TRIBUTE TO THE THIRTEEN BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR IN THE BAY AREA

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 8, 2003

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the 13 companies in the Bay 
Area which were selected by Fortune magazine as one of the ``100 Best 
Companies to Work For.''
  Xilinx, Adobe Systems, Cisco Systems, Intel, Agilent Technologies, 
Silicon Graphics, Network Appliance, Autodesk, Intuit, Sun 
Microsystems, Genentech, Charles Schwab and Electronic Arts have 
distinguished themselves as employers. How proud I am to represent the 
District which is either home to several of the honorees or who employ 
some of my constituents.
  Despite adverse market conditions each one of these companies has 
demonstrated in important ways how much they value their employees. Top 
executives have taken pay cuts and many have set a high corporate 
standard of providing employees incentives to work for nonprofit 
organizations in their communities.
  Each company who is part of this `honor role' has come to the list 
experiencing a challenging economy and tough workplace issues. Yet 
they've done it with fairness, with integrity and with respect for 
their employees.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Xilinx, Adobe 
Systems, Cisco Systems, Intel, Agilent Technologies, Silicon Graphics, 
Network Appliance, Autodesk, Intuit, Sun Microsystems, Genentech, 
Charles Schwab and Electronic Arts for everything they've done to 
create the best workplaces of the 21st century and as they do, we 
salute them for what they contribute to the well being of our nation.

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