[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25596]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRATULATING FORT BEND, TEXAS

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my home county 
of Fort Bend, Texas, for having the third highest increase in jobs 
during the first quarter of last year among the Nation's largest 334 
counties. It is impressive, given that of those 334 counties, only 
eight saw any job increase at all.
  We already know what a special place Fort Bend is to live and raise a 
family. For more than 15 years, Fort Bend has been in the top 20 
counties in the United States for economic excellence and population 
growth. Excellent schools, affordable housing, and extensive 
recreational facilities have attracted families with impressive 
demographic profiles. And this creates a local employment base that 
provides relocating companies with a diverse mix of professional, 
technical, skilled, and unskilled labor with the highest educational 
attainment levels in the region.
  I am very proud of Fort Bend County for this economic accomplishment, 
and my family and I feel very fortunate to call it home.

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