[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14959]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                   IBM AND THE RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK

 Mrs. DOLE. Mr. President, when IBM joined the Research 
Triangle Park as its first major tenant in 1965, this company helped 
establish the Research Triangle Park as the premier technological, 
biotech, and economic development powerhouse for North Carolina.
  Today I thank and congratulate IBM for its decades of support and 
investment in the Research Triangle Park and the surrounding 
communities in North Carolina. As the largest employer in the Triangle 
Park, IBM is an excellent example of corporate citizenship that 
provides dependable, high-paying jobs in both the area and worldwide.
  With over 13,000 jobs in the Triangle Park alone, the largest 
concentration of IBM jobs worldwide, IBM uses the graduates and 
resources from the State's extensive college and university system. IBM 
invests in our State by helping to keep North Carolina talent at home.
  Please join me and other North Carolina leaders in congatulating IBM 
on its commitment to build a better company for our region and wishing 
IBM and the Research Triangle Park ongoing success as they broaden 
their partnership with the people of my home State.

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