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ThyssenKrupp big for all of south Alabama
Together, the ThyssenKrupp team and the people of Alabama are prepared to show all who are watching what a world-class partnership can produce. This new plant is one of the largest private industrial development projects in the United States with ThyssenKrupp and the people of Alabama investing $3.7 billion in this new facility. Earlier this month, ThyssenKrupp officially broke ground on the new site and Governor Riley, Senators Shelby and Sessions and I were on hand for the ceremony. During construction, the facility will create upwards of 29,000 jobs and is expected to create an additional 38,000 to 52,000 indirect jobs over the next 20 years. As I have said before, no one deserves more credit for making this project a reality than Governor Bob Riley and Neal Wade in the Alabama Development Office. Once again, they have spearheaded a superbly coordinated and executed effort with our entire congressional delegation, our state legislature, the Chamber of Commerce and the many business leaders they represent, and all of our local elected officials throughout southwest Alabama who have been so involved in this announcement. To those of us who never stopped believing that our ship would one day come in, let there be no doubt. Our ship is made of steel! Two of Monroeville's finest honored in Washington Last week, one of south Alabama's most famous daughters, Nelle Harper Lee, of Monroeville, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush, for her outstanding contribution to American literature. The Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest civil award, is given to individuals who have made meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural, or other significant public or private endeavors. In many ways, Ms. Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning To Kill a Mockingbird helped all Americans - as well as people around the world - focus on the turbulent struggle for equality. Monroeville's Fred Kelley also visited the White House last week. Mr. Kelley has dedicated his life to helping others and encouraging families to take up bicycling. Founder of Monroe County's "Peddlin' for a Cure," the largest fundraising event in the American Cancer Society's southeast division, Fred and his team raised an incredible $140,000 at this year's ride for cancer research - raising their total to more than $330,000. Earlier this week, the president invited Mr. Kelley to the White House to thank him for his selfless service to others. I was so proud to see Mr. Kelley honored. His story should serve as an inspiration not only to those of us in southwest Alabama but to people across the country.
Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, represents the First Congressional District which includes a portion of Clarke County.
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