[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10511]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    CONGRATULATING ACTUATED MEDICAL

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
congratulate Actuated Medical, Incorporated, a Bellefonte, 
Pennsylvania-based medical device company that focuses on state-of-the-
art, minimally invasive instruments, for being selected by the Small 
Business Administration as a 2014 Tibbetts Award winner.
  The SBA presents the Tibbetts award to companies who exemplify the 
best of the Small Business Innovation Research Program.
  Recipients of the Tibbetts award are selected by a panel of judges 
based upon the economic impact of their innovation, how they supported 
Federal research and development needs, and their ability to increase 
commercialization of Federal research.
  As a former Member of the House Small Business Committee, I witnessed 
firsthand this woman's business enterprise grow from a young start-up 
to the top National Institutes of Health SBIR-funded company in 
Pennsylvania for 2013, placing them fifth in the country.
  Mr. Speaker, small businesses remain the backbone of our economy, and 
innovators like Actuated Medical not only create devices that save 
lives and change the face of modern health care, they also provide 
good-paying, family-sustaining jobs in our local communities.
  I lend my congratulations to everyone at Actuated Medical, 
Incorporated.

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