[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 30, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5577-S5578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                      RECOGNIZING TRUENORTH STEEL

 Mr. CRAMER. Mr. President, it is my honor to recognize one of 
North Dakota's legacy businesses celebrating 80

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years of excellence next month in Fargo.
  TrueNorth Steel began as Fargo Tank Company by a Norwegian immigrant 
named Ole Rommesmo. Upon coming to America, he worked as a lumberjack 
in Minnesota before learning the trade of welding at a steel tank plant 
in Minneapolis. He moved to Fargo as a welder for the Fargo Foundry 
Company and tried unsuccessfully four times to start his own business 
before finally succeeding. During World War II, he worked in northern 
Canada for the United States military as a welder and construction 
foreman for an airbase.
  It was after the war in 1945 when Fargo Tank Company began, and the 
business has been going strong ever since. Reflecting Ole's values and 
principles of integrity, humility, commitment and knowledge, it has 
added products and services that now reach around the world. He died in 
1990, and his son, Ole Rommesmo, Jr., took over the business.
  In 2011, the company's seven steel businesses merged to become 
TrueNorth Steel. Today, it serves many industries, including 
agricultural, construction, mining, road building, energy, and others 
on projects at power plants, refineries, golf courses, hospitals, fire 
stations, airports, stadiums, schools and universities, government, 
apartment and commercial buildings, wind farms, coal mines, river 
watersheds, water treatment plants, aquariums--and more.
  I congratulate the Rommesmo family for 80 years of providing steel 
solutions. TrueNorth Steel is testament to the importance of family-
owned businesses across the Nation, and the impact bold entrepreneurs 
have had on our American economy. To my friends at TrueNorth Steel, you 
have enhanced the quality of life we treasure in our region and have 
set a very high bar for being a dedicated community partner at your 
locations across North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana. 
Thank you for all you have done to build the foundations of industry 
and infrastructure across our Nation. I hope you will thrive for many 
years to come. Happy Birthday, TrueNorth Steel.

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