[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 7230-7231]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA

  (Mr. KLEIN of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KLEIN of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the City 
of Coral Springs, Florida, on receiving the 2007 Malcolm Baldrige 
National Quality Award, the Nation's highest presidential honor for 
excellence and organizational performance.
  In 1993, city management implemented a Total Quality Management 
Program designed to overhaul operations and service delivery by 
becoming more customer-focused and quality-oriented. Today, Coral 
Springs was the first city to receive the award.
  The National Institute of Standards and Technology said of the City 
of Coral Springs that it ``demonstrates a consistently high level of 
financial performance'' and that its key strategic

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advantage is the ``city's effectiveness of running like a business.''
  The city's efforts to improve public safety have resulted in the 
city's crime rate decreasing by nearly half over the last 10 years, the 
lowest crime rate in the State.
  I rise to congratulate the City of Coral Springs, its citizens and 
its leadership for striving for the best and inspiring others to do the 
same.

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