[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3784]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 COMMENDING VENTURE HIVE AND THE LAB MIAMI FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOUTH 
                                FLORIDA

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
contributions of two local south Florida innovative tech hubs: Venture 
Hive and LAB Miami.
  Venture Hive is a business accelerator, and LAB Miami is a tech 
incubator, and both are local leaders working to help our community's 
entrepreneurs grow, create more jobs, and expand our economy.
  Building on these lofty goals, Susan Amat, the founder of Venture 
Hive, has partnered with Miami-Dade County Public Schools to engage 
students in the business of innovation at an early age.
  Meanwhile, Wifredo Fernandez, or ``Wifi,'' has worked to build a 
place known as the Ellis Island of Miami for tech entrepreneurs. Both 
of these wonderful places are examples for cities across our Nation to 
help strengthen our economy and spur innovation.
  Congratulations--felicidades to Venture Hive and LAB Miami.

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