[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21274]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                LEGISLATION RECOGNIZING S. TRUETT CATHY

  (Mr. SCOTT of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, good morning. I rise at a moment 
of great honor to introduce legislation this morning that will 
recognize an outstanding Georgian and an outstanding American and one 
of my constituents, S. Truett Cathy. This legislation will recognize 
Mr. Cathy by naming the United States Post Office in Jonesboro, Clayton 
County in my district after him.
  The Chick-Fil-A story back in 1946 when Mr. Truett Cathy and his 
brother, with a $10,000 loan, opened up a small, 24-hour restaurant in 
Hapeville, Georgia in my district called the Dwarf Grill. In 1967 in 
the Greenbriar Mall in Atlanta, Georgia, Mr. Cathy opened the first of 
the Chick-Fil-A restaurants and actually starting the concept of in-
mall, quick-service, fast-food restaurant service.
  Mr. Cathy is a devoutly religious man, and just to give an example of 
his character, every Sunday for the last 45 years, Mr. Truett Cathy 
teaches Sunday school to a group of 13-year-olds, and this has been 
going on for 45 years. Mr. Cathy is an extraordinary human being, a 
great American, who has established Chick-Fil-A restaurants all across 
this country, over 1,080 of them in 36 States, including the District 
of Columbia. What an extraordinary story.
  Beyond that, a great humanitarian. Through his Winshape Foundation, 
he has established several foster homes across Georgia, Alabama, 
Tennessee, and even in Brazil. It is with great honor, Mr. Speaker, 
that I introduce to you this morning this legislation recognizing 
Truett Cathy and naming the post office in Jonesboro, Georgia after 
him.

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