[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13489]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING JACK SAUM FROM MARYLAND AS TRUCK DEALER OF THE YEAR

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                        HON. ROSCOE G. BARTLETT

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 20, 2010

  Mr. BARTLETT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a constituent of 
mine who was recently honored by his peers within the trucking 
industry. Mr. John ``Jack'' Saum was named the 2010 Dealer of the Year 
by the American Truck Dealers, ATD, and Heavy Duty Trucking magazine 
during the annual ATD Convention and Expo in Orlando, FL. The award 
recognizes excellence in dealership performance, industry leadership, 
civic contributions and community service. The winner was chosen by a 
panel of distinguished professors from Indiana University's Kelley 
School of Business.
  Mr. Saum is Chairman of the Board of Beltway Companies, LLC, which is 
headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland in my Congressional district. 
Beltway Companies LLC is a truck dealership with six locations in 
Maryland which provide sales, parts and service to a large number of 
trucking companies and their truck fleets. Two of Jack's dealerships 
are in the Sixth District. Central Maryland International Truck is in 
Hagerstown, Maryland. Central Maryland International Truck and 
Idealease is in Frederick.
  Mr. Saum has been involved in the truck business for more than 40 
years having begun his career with International Harvester as a sales 
trainee in 1969. He held a series of management positions with 
International Harvester in the Northeast region of the country before 
joining Beltway International in 1984. Mr. Saum initially served as 
general manager at the Beltway dealership and assumed the role of 
dealer principal in 1997 when he purchased the dealership.
  Under his leadership, the dealership grew exponentially from a single 
point location in Baltimore to six locations throughout Maryland.
  Mr. Saum is also a strong supporter of green technologies both in 
commercial trucks as well as dealership fixed operations. His 
innovative business approach is exemplified in his ``A New Truck is a 
Green Truck'' initiative which focuses on environmentally friendly 
truck technologies. With support from the National Automobile Dealers 
Association, NADA, and Navistar, Mr. Saum has led efforts to educate 
public officials about the environmental and fuel efficiency advantages 
of new truck design improvements with a focus on new diesel-powered 
trucks, diesel-electric hybrid trucks, auxiliary power units, APUs, and 
retrofit programs. Another example of Jack's commitment to being a 
green truck dealer was his incorporation of ``green'' features at his 
newest dealership in Frederick. Jack installed a recycled oil heating 
system at this state-of-the-art facility that reduces the carbon 
footprint of Beltway's operations.
  As part of his education outreach, Jack contributed a new class 8 18-
wheeler ``green truck'' as an exhibitor at the second annual Go Green 
Conference that I hosted in Frederick, Maryland on June 7, 2010. This 
free community service event featured more than 125 exhibitors 
including over 25 energy efficient, low emissions green vehicles. These 
exhibitors were mainly small and local businesses, like Jack's, 
committed to help homeowners and small business owners discover 
practical ways you can save money, use less energy, protect our 
environment and go green on any size budget.
  Jack has been a winner of multiple awards from International for 
dealership performance, financing, lease and rental and operations 
excellence. More importantly, Mr. Saum was named International Dealer 
of the Year for 2004 which is the highest honor an International dealer 
can earn.
  Madam Speaker, I am honored to represent Mr. Jack Saum and many of 
his employees at Beltway Companies, LLC. I ask that you and other 
Members of Congress join me in congratulating him for this recent honor 
and for his effort on behalf of his fellow customers, his fellow 
business owners and all Marylanders. I wish him the best for continued 
success in the future.

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