[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11007]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  JOE'S BBQ IN FANNIN COUNTY, GEORGIA

  (Mr. COLLINS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, in the Ninth District of 
Georgia, there is something we like, and that is barbecue. Especially 
our office, our staff, and our interns know this well, and especially 
my ag intern, Casey, from Georgia, because we now can ascribe to Trip 
Advisory's latest pick of the Nation's best barbecue. And I am proud to 
announce Joe's BBQ was named number one barbecue in the country.
  Joe's is located 90 miles north of Atlanta in Blue Ridge and was 
founded just 3 years ago by a former mortgage salesman, Joe Ray. Mr. 
Ray moved to Blue Ridge, Georgia, 10 years ago to pursue his career in 
mortgage banking, but he ended up doing barbecue. He calls it 
beginner's luck, but I think it is turning into a legacy and a 
tradition in north Georgia. You see, customers travel from hundreds of 
miles to experience the secret recipe at Joe's BBQ, and it has been 
named number one as proof of the fruits of their labor.
  So now we have many coming to northeast Georgia to experience what we 
in the Ninth District always knew: the best barbecue is in north 
Georgia, the greatest place in world. And I just want to invite 
everybody to Joe's BBQ in Blue Ridge.

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