[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9079]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             JUST BORN CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PEEPS

  (Mr. TOOMEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to offer congratulations to the 
confectioners at Just Born, Incorporated, as they celebrate the 50th 
anniversary of one of their most recognized and celebrated products, 
not to mention my daughter's favorite, Marshmallow Peeps.
  Just Born, with their Peeps, is a great American manufacturing 
success story. Over a billion Peeps are produced each year by Just 
Born's 400-plus employees. Their candies are exported to over 30 
countries, making them available to over 1.5 billion people worldwide.
  Innovation and dedicated employees have really been the source of the 
success of this company. Just Born was founded in 1923 in New York City 
by Samuel Born, a Russian immigrant. The company moved to Bethlehem, 
Pennsylvania, in 1932 and under the leadership of Bob Born, Samuel's 
son, Just Born acquired a candy company in 1953 which manufactured by 
hand a small line of 3-D marshmallow products. The innovative Bob Born 
mechanized the process of making Peeps and dramatically increased the 
quantity of Peeps manufactured each year. Peeps once took 27 hours to 
make, they now take 6 minutes.
  It is this innovative, entrepreneurial spirit, and great workers that 
make American manufacturers the best in the world, and Just Born 
continues to lead the way among confectioners. If we do our part here 
in Congress to lessen government regulations, to expand trade 
opportunities and to lower taxes to encourage economic growth, we will 
see more success stories like Just Born, Inc.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Just Born and 3 generations of Lehigh 
Valley employees for sweetening America.

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