00:00Thank you, Eric, for that incredibly kind introduction. And before I begin, let's offer our appreciation and gratitude to the entire Altsa Refrigeration team for hosting us at this historic event.
00:13Thank you. It has been 33 years since a vice president visited Fayette County. Some of y'all may remember. In 1992, February of 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle came to Fayette County. He visited Fayette County High School and he went to Malier's Barbecue, for those of you who remember that wonderful place.
00:40In fact, Justin, Altsa's incredible executive vice president, was there and so too was our sheriff, Barry Babb. And 33 years later, we stand in one of the best places in our state to do business.
00:53The community we have built and the economic environment that we have created continue to invite investment from all across the world. And I'd like to acknowledge some of the local elected leaders who are responsible for this success.
01:13FAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFF, Barry Babb.
01:23FAYETTE COUNTY JUDGE, JASON THOMPSON, AND HIS WIFE, ALICIA THOMPSON.
01:32PEACH TREE CITY MAYOR, KIM LERNERD.
01:34PEACH TREE CITY MAYOR, PRO TEM, ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS, CLINT HOLLAND.
01:49PEACH TREE CITY COUNCILWOMAN, AND SOMEONE WHO, ALONG WITH NANCY HOLLAND, IS VERY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS EVENT, SUZANNE BROWN.
01:56PEACH TREE CITY COUNCILWOMAN, LAURA JOHNSON.
02:09FORMER PEACH TREE CITY MAYOR, STEVE BROWN.
02:16FORMER PEACH TREE CITY MAYOR, AND MY FIRST BOSS IN POLITICS, HAROLD LOGSTON.
02:21FORMER PEACH TREE CITY COUNCILMAN, MIKE KING.
02:32TYRONE MAYOR, JUST UP THE ROAD, TYRONE MAYOR, ERIC DIAL.
02:40TYRONE COUNCILWOMAN, JESSICA WEYLIN.
02:42THIS GENTLEMAN IS THE DEAN OF THE MAYORS OF FAYE COUNTY.
02:51WE'VE GOT WOOLSEY MAYOR, GARY LAGUS.
02:57STATE REPRESENTATIVE, KAREN MAFIAK.
03:00AND MY PREDECESSOR, FORMER CONGRESSMAN, DREW FERGUSON.
03:06NOW, IF I CAN ALSO ASK ALL OF THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO STAND UP SO THAT WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SERVICE.
03:18THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY.
03:19FAYETTE COUNTY IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN OUR STATE TO DO BUSINESS.
03:31BUT GEORGIA IS CONSISTENTLY RANKED THE NUMBER ONE STATE IN OUR COUNTRY TO DO BUSINESS.
03:36SO I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE HERE WITH US THAT HAVE HELPED DELIVER THAT SUCCESS.
03:41YOU JUST HEARD FROM HIM OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, BURT JONES, WHO WAS RECENTLY ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BE THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF OUR GREAT STATE, BURT JONES.
03:53WE HAVE WITH US LABOR COMMISSIONER BARBARA RIVERA HOLMES.
04:00PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER FITZ JOHNSON, WHO WAS UP FOR REELECTION THIS YEAR.
04:07AND MY INCREDIBLE COLLEAGUES IN CONGRESS, WE'LL START WITH CONGRESSMAN BUDDY CARTER FROM SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
04:17CONGRESSMAN ANDREW CLYDE, A UNITED STATES NAVY VETERAN.
04:23CONGRESSMAN RICH McCORMICK, A UNITED STATES MARINE CORP VETERAN.
04:29AND CONGRESSMAN MIKE COLLINS, OUR NEIGHBOR WHOSE FATHER MAC ABLY REPRESENTED PETRY CITY FOR 12 YEARS. MIKE COLLINS.
04:40THANK YOU ALSO TO COACH DEREK DOOLEY FOR JOINING US.
04:43IT IS AN HONOR TODAY TO WELCOME VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE AND TWO MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CABINET, ADMINISTRATOR LEE ZELDIN AND ADMINISTRATOR KELLY LEFLER TO MY HOMETOWN OF PETRY CITY.
04:55MY CAREER PATH STARTED ON WILLOWBIN ROAD AT PETRY CITY HALL.
05:01AND THAT PATH EVENTUALLY LED ME TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO SERVE THE 45TH AND 47TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DONALD J. TRUMP FOR EIGHT STRAIGHT YEARS.
05:13AND WHEN YOU WORK FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR NEARLY A DECADE, YOU CERTAINLY LEARN A LOT.
05:18AND A LESSON THAT I VERY MUCH VALUED WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMISES MADE AND PROMISES KEPT.
05:24PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST AT THIS.
05:28HE HAS SINGLE-HANDEDLY REORIENTED OUR ELECTORATE TO PRESENT TO ELECTED OFFICIALS A VERY SIMPLE EQUATION.
05:38HOW MANY PROMISES DID YOU MAKE AND HOW MANY PROMISES HAVE YOU KEPT?
05:42AND THROUGHOUT MY CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS, I MADE A CONSISTENT SET OF PROMISES TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
05:48I PROMISED TO VOTE TO MAKE PERMANENT THE TRUMP TAX CUTS THAT WERE SET TO EXPIRE,
05:53AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
05:55I PROMISED TO VOTE TO UNLEASH AMERICA'S ENERGY POTENTIAL BY UNLOCKING OUR VAST LANDS FOR ENERGY EXPLORATION.
06:03AND I PROMISED TO VOTE TO SECURE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER BY PROVIDING THE RESOURCES NECESSARILY TO FINALLY FUND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BORDER WALL.
06:12AND I ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES, I ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE DELIVERED ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE PROMISES BY VOTING TO PASS AND ENACT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.
06:28I ALSO PROMISED TO CONTINUE THE HISTORIC DEREGULATION THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP ACHIEVED DURING HIS FIRST TERM.
06:38AND ONE OF MY FIRST ACTIONS IN CONGRESS WAS TO FULFILL THIS IMPORTANT PLEDGE.
06:42JUST DOWN THE ROAD IN PEACH TREE CITY IS THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS OF RENAI AMERICA CORPORATION.
06:47RENAI BUILDS TANKLESS WATER HEATERS AND THEY DO SO AT A STATE-O-THE-ART FACILITY IN GRIFFIN.
06:52THEIR CEO, FRANK WINZER, AND THEIR VP, PERRY MAGUIRE, ARE HERE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
06:56AND SHORTLY AFTER I WAS SWORN IN, FRANK AND PERRY REACHED OUT AND THEY EXPLAINED THEY HAD A PROBLEM.
07:01YOU SEE, ON DECEMBER 26, 2024, THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS WHEN ALL OF US WERE WITH OUR FAMILIES,
07:08THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IMPOSED A JOB-KILLING REGULATION ON TANKLESS WATER HEATERS
07:13THAT WOULD HAVE EFFECTIVELY CLOSED A FACTORY IN OUR DISTRICT.
07:17HUNDREDS OF JOBS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY COULD HAVE BEEN LOST.
07:23RENAI ASKED ME FOR HELP, AND I GOT TO WORK.
07:26SO IN JANUARY, MY COLLEAGUES AND I INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THAT REPEALLED THAT BIDEN REGULATION.
07:31IN FEBRUARY, HOUSE LEADERSHIP PUT OUR LEGISLATION ON THE FLOOR,
07:35AND IT EARNED A BIPARTISAN MAJORITY AS IT PASSED.
07:38IN APRIL, THE UNITED STATES SENATE PASSED IT, AND IN MAY,
07:41I STOOD BY PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE OVAL OFFICE AS HE SIGNED INTO LAW OUR LEGISLATION
07:47THAT REPEALLED A JOB-KILLING BIDEN REGULATION AND SAVED HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
07:53BECAUSE OF THIS SUCCESS, THE LEADERSHIP HERE AT ALTA REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAID THEY HAD
08:03THEIR OWN CHALLENGES THEY NEEDED HELP NAVIGATING.
08:05AND AGAIN, I GOT TO WORK.
08:06YOU SEE, IN 2023, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IMPOSED A SWEEPING SET OF ACCELERATED REGULATIONS
08:13ON THE REFRIGERATION INDUSTRY.
08:14THE REGULATIONS VERY SPECIFICALLY TARGETED THE COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSES THAT ARE MANUFACTURED HERE IN THIS FACILITY.
08:20AND IF THESE REGULATIONS GO INTO EFFECT NEXT YEAR, THE COST OF PRODUCTION WOULD BE TWO TO THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY.
08:27MY TEAM AND I CONTINUE TO WORK DILIGENTLY WITH THE INCREDIBLE STAFF OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AND ADMINISTRATOR ZELDIN'S
08:34ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO SUPPORT THE 150 HARDWORKING GEORGINS AT ALTA.
08:39AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DELIVERING REGULATORY RELIEF TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TODAY.
08:44WHEN I RAN FOR CONGRESS, I DIDN'T NECESSARILY EXPECT TO BE A CONGRESSIONAL CHAMPION FOR COMMERCIAL APPLIANCES.
08:56BUT DEREGULATION ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY IS A PROMISE I MADE AND A PROMISE I KEPT.
09:01A FINAL PROMISE I MADE TO YOU, THE CITIZENS OF OUR DISTRICT, WAS TO INVITE AMERICA'S LEADERS TO OUR PART OF GEORGIA
09:08TO SEE FIRSTHAND THE INCREDIBLE THINGS HAPPENING IN GEORGIA'S THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
09:13DURING MY CAMPAIGN FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, WE HAD BEN CARSON, JIM JORDAN, AND CARRY LAKE VISIT.
09:18LAST OCTOBER, PRESIDENT TRUMP HOSTED AN EVENT IN THE THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS POLITICAL CAREER.
09:25IN APRIL, OUR WONDERFUL SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR KELLY LEFLER JOINED ME FOR A SMALL BUSINESS TOUR IN TROOP COUNTY.
09:32IN MAY, THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY JOINED ME AT RENEI'S TANKLESS WATER HEATER PLANT IN GRIFFIN TO CELEBRATE OUR LEGISLATIVE SUCCESS.
09:39AND TODAY WE WELCOME THE 50TH VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND TWO MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CABINET TO PEAT TREE CITY.
09:46THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL BE HERE SOON AND WHEN HE ARRIVES, LET'S GIVE HIM OUR ABSOLUTE WARMEST WELCOME AND LOUDEST WELCOME FROM GEORGIA'S THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
09:54IF YOU LIKE TAX CUTS, SAFE STREETS, AND CHEAPER GAS PRICES, YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
