[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 24398]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO PETER HART

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 19, 2008

  Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Peter Hart for his 
diligent and outstanding leadership as chairman of the Alleghenies 
Chapter of SCORE, a nationwide organization providing free counseling 
to small businesses around the country. As chairman of Alleghenies 
SCORE from 2006-2008, Peter led a team of 45 volunteers in assisting 
and counseling 400 small businesses around the region.
  SCORE was most fortunate to have had Peter as its chairman for the 
past two years. His background in the railroad and steel industries and 
as a college educator has served him well in the dual role of counselor 
and administrator. His accomplishments include providing formal 
training for new counselors; establishing a chapter Web site; renaming 
the chapter ``Alleghenies'' to better identify the wide region that is 
served; and establishing a system for providing clients with counselors 
who closely match their professional needs. Peter has zealously devoted 
many extra hours into publicizing SCORE's mission and service in the 
Allegheny region. He is an excellent recruiter for the chapter, and his 
son has followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a counselor in the 
Pittsburgh Chapter.
  Peter has demonstrated extraordinary devotion toward providing 
counseling for start-ups and continuing businesses located in Bedford, 
Blair, Cambria, Fulton and Somerset Counties. Peter Hart's chairmanship 
of the Alleghenies SCORE Chapter has inspired and enthused the 
volunteer members of the chapter and many others who have benefited 
from his selfless and tireless dedication and leadership. I and the 
volunteers of Alleghenies SCORE would like to thank Peter Hart for his 
devotion to assisting his community and for inspiring so many others to 
do the same.

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