[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 125 (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H3548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CELEBRATING RACER TRUST
(Ms. STEVENS asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Ms. STEVENS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate RACER Trust
based in Detroit for its extraordinary work turning abandoned
industrial sites into engines of economic growth across Michigan and
this country.
Following the Great Recession, the RACER Trust was established to
clean up and redevelop over 7,000 acres of shuttered properties. In
fact, it was created by the team that I had the privilege of working on
in the Obama administration, the U.S. Auto Rescue Task Force.
RACER Trust has reimagined the process to meet challenges facing
long-held industrial sites. I have also gotten a chance to visit many
of these sites through my Manufacturing Monday program.
They include Williams International, United Wholesale Mortgage,
Challenge Manufacturing, and the M1 Concourse featured here, all of
which are located in Pontiac, Michigan. These were shuttered industrial
plants that are now beacons of light in our community, and we should
celebrate their success.
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