[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2328]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HOME DEPOT PROMOTES JOBS

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on Monday I will 
participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Home Depot's Rapid 
Deployment Center. Located in the midlands of South Carolina, this 
Rapid Deployment Center will not only create new jobs for South 
Carolinians, but it will also give Home Depot stores more flexibility 
to control the products on their shelves and keep these products in 
stock.
  Detailed by Home Depot, the new Rapid Deployment Center is a 465,000 
square-foot facility located in West Columbia. It will provide 220 
full-time jobs at startup; and as more stores are added to the program, 
this will increase to 400 jobs. I want to thank Home Depot for their 
continuing economic contributions to our State, and I welcome these in 
addition to the positions of 2,660 Home Depot associates already in 
South Carolina. In these tough times, it's important for lawmakers to 
give businesses like Home Depot the tools they need to help small 
businesses create jobs.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism. The prayers of 
America are with the people of Chile.

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