[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CELEBRATING KRAFT FOODS' 60TH ANNIVERSARY

  (Ms. BUDZINSKI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BUDZINSKI. Madam Speaker, I stand before you today to celebrate 
the 60th anniversary of the Kraft Foods Group plant in Champaign, 
Illinois, and its dedicated employees, including my dad, who once 
worked the third shift. These are the people who have helped produce 
the foods we all have known and loved for generations.
  The Kraft Heinz Champaign plant opened operations in 1963, making 
margarine and salad dressings. Madam Speaker, 60 years later, it has 
added production of their most famous Mac & Cheese, Velveeta, Heinz 
Tomato Ketchup, and A.1. Steak Sauce and grown to fill an 88-acre site 
that produces more than 1.2 billion pounds of food each year.
  The strong output of this plant has made it a key driver for our 
local economy and is an important part of the Champaign-Urbana 
community.
  Many boxes of Mac & Cheese and Velveeta later, please join me in 
celebrating this exciting milestone and honoring the hardworking men 
and women at Kraft Heinz Champaign. Congratulations to them on their 
60th anniversary.

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