ASSISTANT SECRETARY REMARKS WEBSITE VIDEO CLIP

Hello. I'm David Sampson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development. Thank you for visiting our web site.

President Bush is committed to transforming the Federal Government into a more productive "E-Enterprise" to better serve citizens. As you will see, EDA supports that commitment through our recently enhanced website, which will improve our service to you, our customers.

The EDA website will provide a higher quality of information regarding investment programs, investment guidelines and EDA resources. In addition, you will find recent speeches, economic development research studies, news on current and upcoming events and other helpful information.

The mission of the Economic Development Administration is to help our partners across the nation create wealth and minimize poverty by promoting a favorable business environment to attract private capital investment and higher-skill, higher-wage jobs through world-class capacity building, planning, infrastructure, research grants and other strategic initiatives. To that end, EDA's website will be a useful and informative tool for you.

Thank you for visiting the EDA website, and thank you for your help in growing the nation's economy.