[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13059]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY COUNCIL FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO 
                      STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY

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                       HON. BRADLEY S. SCHNEIDER

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 1, 2013

  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Small Business 
Advocacy Council (SBAC) on the occasion of its 4th Annual Golf Outing, 
hosted in Riverwoods, IL, in my district.
  The SBAC is a strong and clear voice for small businesses in the 
Chicagoland area and an important advocate for the interests of those 
companies and the working families they employ. The SBAC has been 
speaking up for these businesses for almost four years.
  In 2010, with the country still mired in an economic downturn, the 
SBAC was established as a way to buoy many of the smaller businesses 
that were struggling. By providing advocacy, support services and 
educational programs, the SBAC has become a critical resource for our 
small businesses.
  Our business community in the Tenth District is strong because it is 
just that: a community.
  Working together and sharing strategies, being inspired by the 
innovation of fellow small businesses, companies in the Tenth District 
have fostered a community of mutual success and prosperity. It is this 
type of activity that the SBAC promotes and is so important to our 
economic success in the 21st Century.
  Through a tightly-knit network of member organizations, the SBAC 
builds partnerships and facilitates cooperation, making our community 
stronger.
  Mr. Speaker, advocacy organizations like SBAC are integral to driving 
the success of small businesses throughout our nation, which in turn 
will lift the rest of our economy. I thank the SBAC for its work, and I 
wish only great success for this year's golf outing and SBAC's future.

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