[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10974]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRATULATING J.M. WALLER ASSOCIATES INC. FOR BEING NAMED SMALL 
                      BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 16, 2010

  Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
J.M. Waller Associates, Inc. of Fairfax, Va., for receiving the U.S. 
Small Business Administration's Washington Metro Area District Small 
Business Person of the Year Award for 2010.
  J.M. Waller Associates is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small 
Business that provides environmental, engineering, logistics, 
technical, management and professional consulting services to public 
and private sector clients. At the federal level, it works with our 
Armed Services, the National Parks Service and NASA.
  Founded in 1991, the firm has won numerous accolades for its 
consistently fine work, including receiving the 2004 Washington D.C. 
Small Business Administration Small Business Firm of the Year Award, 
the 2007 Department of Defense Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small 
Business Achievement Award and the 2009 SAME Industry Award to a Small 
Business in Support of DoD Programs.
  Among the criteria for the Small Business Person of the Year Award 
are a company's staying power, increase in sales, innovation, response 
to adversity, and contribution to aid community-oriented projects. 
Throughout its 19 years, J.M. Waller Associates has consistently 
demonstrated its economic success and its commitment to the Northern 
Virginia region.
  Small businesses represent the job engine of the U.S. economy, and 
the continued success of businesses such as J.M. Waller Associates is 
vital to the future of American progress. I ask my colleagues to join 
me in congratulating J.M. Waller Associates for receiving the SBA's 
Small Business Person of the Year Award for 2010.

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