[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5968]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   HONORING FORTUNE MAGAZINE'S FORTUNE 500 LIST AND EFFORTS TO HELP 
              MILITARY HEROES LEAD IN THE BUSINESS SECTOR

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 27, 2012

  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend Fortune, the 
venerable and leading business magazine, as it plans to release its 
58th Fortune 500, the definitive list of the country's largest public 
corporations, on Monday May 7. The companies on the very prestigious 
Fortune 500 list are putting America to work with a collective 17 
million U.S. jobs and are a major force in driving economic growth in 
this country; their combined revenues exceeded $11.7 trillion last 
year.
  To mark the release of this list, Fortune magazine is convening 
Fortune 500 CEOs and military leaders, including former Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, on Fortune 500 Day, for a 
forum at the New York Stock Exchange to put a spotlight on one of this 
nation's greatest resources: our military veterans. As Fortune reported 
in a recent cover story, U.S. companies are quickly realizing the value 
of hiring talented veterans with their special set of leadership 
skills, and the goal of the event is to bolster this positive trend in 
corporate America.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud and honored that Fortune, a New York-based 
institution, headquartered in my congressional district, is continuing 
to set the gold standard for American business with the release of its 
Fortune 500 list, and is turning this high-profile platform into an 
opportunity to help our military heroes become the next generation of 
American business leaders.

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