Austin Scott: “I rise at a moment of great honor to introduce legislation this morning that will recognize an outstanding Georgian and…”

“I rise at a moment of great honor to introduce legislation this morning that will recognize an outstanding Georgian and an outstanding American and one of my constituents, S. Truett Cathy. This legislation will recognize Mr. Cathy by naming the United States Post Office in Jonesboro, Clayton County in my district after him. The Chick-Fil-A story back in 1946 when Mr. Truett Cathy and his brother, with a $10,000 loan, opened up a small, 24-hour restaurant in Hapeville, Georgia in my district called the Dwarf Grill. In 1967 in the Greenbriar Mall in Atlanta, Georgia, Mr. Cathy opened the first of the Chick-Fil-A restaurants and actually starting the concept of in-mall, quick-service, fast-food restaurant service. Mr. Cathy is a devoutly religious man, and just to give an example of his character, every Sunday for the last 45 years, Mr. Truett Cathy teaches Sunday school to a group of 13-year-olds, and this has been going on for 45 years. Mr. Cathy is an extraordinary human being, a great American, who has established Chick-Fil-A restaurants all across this country, over 1,080 of them in 36 States, including the District of Columbia. What an extraordinary story. Beyond that, a great humanitarian. Through his Winshape Foundation, he has established several foster homes across Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and even in Brazil.”