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“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate John Ferriola on his retirement from Nucor Corporation after more than 28 years with the company. He has been CEO since 2013 and has served as chairman of the board since 2014. In his time with Nucor, he has worked at facilities in Texas, Nebraska, and Indiana, and at the corporate headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Nucor takes scrap metal and recycles it into new steel products in its electric arc furnaces. When Mr. Ferriola joined the company in 1991, Nucor was a small steel company that made less than $1.5 billion in sales and had just opened two state-of-the-art steel mills in Mississippi County, Arkansas. Last year, Nucor generated $25 billion in revenue, making it the largest steel producer in the United States. I have had the pleasure of working with Mr. Ferriola on the issues affecting the domestic steel industry, particularly the need for strong trade enforcement to ensure a level playing field for American steelworkers. He frequently appeared before the Congressional Steel Caucus to testify on the state of the American steel industry and has served as chairman of the board for both the American Iron and Steel Institute and the World Steel Association. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me today in honoring John Ferriola for his outstanding career in the steel industry. I wish him all the best in his retirement. ____________________”