[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10391]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  CONGRATULATING THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY

  (Mr. GINGREY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Fairbanks 
Company in Rome, Georgia, which is celebrating their 120th year of 
manufacturing this year. In fact, the Fairbanks Company is the oldest 
surviving manufacturer in Floyd County, dating back to the plant's 
establishment in 1987.
  Well, much has changed over the past century. The company has seen 
its original product line of wagon and railroad track scales give way 
to the current line of hand-trucks, wheels, dollies and platform 
trucks. In fact, the company was responsible for all of the trucks that 
serviced the British steamship Queen Mary and S.S. United States.
  But one thing has not changed over the past 120 years, Mr. Speaker, 
and that is the company's commitment to quality and community. Indeed, 
the Fairbanks Company is a critical industry in the Rome community, and 
the company's leaders and workers take exceptional pride in their 
product and their work.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me in congratulating Fairbanks 
Company on 120 years of industry in the Floyd County community.

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