[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 17, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E32-E33]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING STEVE FOSHEE ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM TOMBIGBEE ELECTRIC 
                              COOPERATIVE

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                        HON. ROBERT B. ADERHOLT

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 17, 2023

  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate Mr. Steve 
Foshee on his retirement from Tombigbee Electric Cooperative and to 
acknowledge the great contribution he has made to improving the lives 
of people not only in northwest Alabama, but across the State as well.
  Mr. Steve Foshee is retiring after spending the past 25 years as 
president and CEO of the Tombigbee Electric Cooperative in Hamilton, 
Alabama. Tombigbee Electric Cooperative provides electricity to 
thousands of homes in Marion, Lamar, and Fayette Counties.
  Steve was born in the 4th Congressional District in Marshall County 
and graduated from Douglas High School in Douglas, Alabama. He then 
went on to Auburn University where he received both a bachelor's and 
master's degree. He then began work for the Farm Credit System in 
Northwest Alabama in 1981 where

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he served as regional vice president until 1987.
  In 1987, Steve began his long career serving in the electric utility 
sector as he took the helm of Cullman Electric Cooperative in Cullman, 
Alabama. He served as the general manager there for over a decade.
  In 1998, he began his long and highly successful career as president 
and CEO of Tombigbee Electric. In 2017, under his leadership and 
foresight, Steve led the effort in Tombigbee offering high speed 
internet services and created Tombigbee Communications. It was there 
that Steve took on double duty, also serving as its president and CEO.
  Under Steve's guidance, Tombigbee Communications has truly become a 
regional and national leader in providing reliable, high-speed internet 
to thousands of rural homes under the name of Freedom Fiber. One of 
their slogans is, ``speeds so fast, even big cities are jealous.'' This 
is all because of the great leadership and vision Steve Foshee had for 
providing this service to people, who for decades, have been cut off 
from service.
  Steve has been married to his wife, Libby, for more than 40 years. 
They have two adult children, Josh and Caleb Foshee and two grandsons, 
Luke and Jack Foshee.
  Again, I congratulate, as well as honor, Steve Foshee on his career 
and his leadership in the State of Alabama that has had such a positive 
impact on so many people. I wish him and his family all the best in his 
retirement.

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