[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 739 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 739

  Honoring the life and achievements of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug for his 
            many contributions to alleviating world hunger.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2009

 Mr. Boswell (for himself, Mr. Latham, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Braley of 
 Iowa, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Kissell, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Graves, Ms. Markey 
   of Colorado, Mr. Payne, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. 
  Holden, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Walz, Mr. Holt, Mr. Putnam, Ms. 
  Roybal-Allard, and Mr. Johnson of Illinois) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring the life and achievements of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug for his 
            many contributions to alleviating world hunger.

Whereas the United States honors Norman E. Borlaug as an Iowan, humanitarian, 
        and father of the ``Green Revolution'';
Whereas Dr. Borlaug was born on March 25, 1914, and grew up on a family farm 
        outside Cresco, Iowa;
Whereas Dr. Borlaug attended the University of Minnesota, where he received B.A. 
        and Ph.D. degrees and was also a star NCAA wrestler;
Whereas, for over 20 years, Dr. Borlaug was a member of the faculty of Texas A&M 
        University;
Whereas Dr. Borlaug spent 20 years working in the poorest areas of rural Mexico 
        where he made his breakthrough achievement in developing a strain of 
        wheat that could exponentially increase yields while actively resisting 
        disease;
Whereas Dr. Borlaug's ``green revolution'' uplifted hundreds of thousands of the 
        rural poor in Mexico and saved hundreds of millions from famine and 
        outright starvation in India and Pakistan;
Whereas Dr. Borlaug's approach to wheat production next spread throughout the 
        Middle East, and soon his approach was adapted to rice growing, 
        increasing the number of lives Dr. Borlaug has been credited to saving 
        to more than a billion people;
Whereas in 1970, Dr. Borlaug received the Nobel Peace Prize, the only person 
        working in agriculture to ever be so honored, and since then he has 
        received numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of 
        Freedom, the Public Service Medal, the National Academy of Sciences' 
        highest honor, the Rotary International Award for World Understanding 
        and Peace, and the Congressional Gold Medal;
Whereas, up until his death on September 12, 2009, Dr. Borlaug continued to work 
        to alleviate poverty and malnutrition throughout the world;
Whereas Dr. Borlaug created the World Food Prize in 1986, which is the ``Nobel 
        Prize for Food and Agriculture'' and which has honored Laureates from 
        Bangladesh, India, China, Mexico, Denmark, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, 
        the United Kingdom, and the United States;
Whereas the headquarters of the World Food Prize is located in Des Moines, Iowa; 
        and
Whereas Dr. Borlaug's humanitarian works have made him an American hero who will 
        never be forgotten: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors the life and 
achievements of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug for his many contributions to 
alleviating world hunger.
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