[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15385]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        COMMENDING TOM MASTERSON

 Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, today I pay tribute to Tom 
Masterson for being selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration 
as the Kentucky Small Business Person of the Year.
  Tom Masterson is president of T.E.M. Electric Company, a minority-
owned firm with offices in both Louisville and Lexington. He was 
nominated by Bechtel Parsons and subsequently selected as the recipient 
of the Kentucky Small Business Person of the Year award. Not only was 
Tom Masterson honored at the Governor's Mansion in Frankfort, but the 
award was also presented during National Small Business Week in 
Washington, DC. As stated by President Obama at a White House ceremony, 
Masterson started the business with his own funds and worked from his 
own home until he landed his first contract. Today, he now employs 75 
people and has more than $12 million of annual revenue.
  I now ask my fellow colleagues to join me in congratulating Tom 
Masterson, the recipient of the Small Business Person of the Year for 
Kentucky award. His work ethic and dedication are to be admired and he 
is an inspiration to us all.

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