Submitted Photo Sen. Kevin Cramer, right, is interviewed during a visit to Arizona on Tuesday to observe Fisher Industries, a North Dakota company, show how it can build a wall on the southern border. In the background is a portion of wall the company demonstrated how they can build.

A North Dakota company demonstrated to members of Congress including Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-ND, and other officials on Tuesday how the private company can build more than 200 miles of border fence, on the southern border and at less money than the federal government says will cost for the project.

Fisher Industries invited the group to Coolidge, Ariz., to demonstrate how they can build 218 miles of border wall on the southern border. Besides Cramer, the group included Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana several House members, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials and former Kansas State Secretary Kris Kobach.

Cramer, who observed the company’s demonstration of their work, said, in a tweet on Tuesday, “Spent time with fellow lawmakers in Arizona today observing private companies demonstrate how to #BuildTheWall more quickly and efficiently than the Army Corps. The wall should be constructed by people who know how to build instead of people who know how to spend money.”

Fisher Sand & Gravel Co., DBA Fisher Industries, based in Dickinson was one of four companies awarded contracts to build concrete border wall prototypes for the southern border wall, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) news release. CBP announced the contract awards in 2017. Tommy Fisher is CEO of Fisher Industries.

About two weeks ago, Fisher made a formal, unsolicited offer to Trump administration officials in Washington to build 218 miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border for $3.3 billion and have the entire job completed in 13 months, a fraction of the $5.7 billion the White House requested in December for 234 miles. The plan includes constructing paved roads and technology. Last month, the company demonstrated for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) planners and project managers how it can build 180 feet of wall in two hours. The company met with DHS officials and Congressional Democrats and Republicans earlier this month to sell the plan, according to the Washington Examiner.