[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 5, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      RECOGNIZING DAVID AND NATALIE BROYLES AND BACK YARD BURGERS

  (Mr. BURCHETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, I remind Members it is a little crowded 
back there, but we have a few more seats down front if you all want to 
come down here.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the folks at Back Yard Burgers, 
which recently closed its doors after 35 wonderful years.
  The managing partners, David and Natalie Broyles, are a dynamic duo. 
They are a wonderful couple and loving parents to their kids, Kelsey 
and John, and great business partners.
  When I was county mayor, I would host employee appreciation luncheons 
for my staff. We would always eat Back Yard Burgers because they were 
delicious, and I knew it would put a smile on my employees' faces.
  I also saw David and Natalie at my nephew Charlie's football games, 
where their son played as well. We would sit together in the stands and 
hurl insults at the referees when they made bad calls.
  David and Natalie used Back Yard Burgers to serve the community in 
lots of different ways. They hosted the Back Yard Burgers Bowl, which 
was a football game between Alcoa High School and the Christian Academy 
of Knoxville. They would donate a $1,000 scholarship to each school for 
a graduating senior that year and also raised funds for the Knoxville 
Area Rescue Ministries.
  They also held a pillow fight event one year to collect pillows for 
the Knoxville Area Rescue Mission and collected over 600 pillows for 
them.
  The Knoxville community will miss Back Yard Burgers. I wish David and 
Natalie the best in their retirement, as well as everyone else who is 
moving on to the next chapter in their lives.

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