[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 32 (Monday, March 21, 1994)]
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                         SMALL FAMILY FARM WEEK

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the Senate joint resolution (S.J. Res. 171) to 
designate March 20 through March 26, 1994, as ``Small Family Farm 
Week,'' and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate joint resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from the District of Columbia?
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I would like 
to note the minority has no objections to the measure offered by the 
gentlewoman from North Carolina [Mrs. Clayton] and, further reserving 
the right to object, I yield to the gentlewoman from North Carolina 
[Mrs. Clayton], who is the sponsor of this resolution.
  Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding to me.
  I also want to thank my colleagues who signed on to the resolution 
recognizing the week of March 20 through March 26 as Small Family Farm 
Week.
  It is a recognition that we are giving because, in fact, we are 
losing small family farms. We are losing the opportunity and way of 
life that many people have found of value, and I think those of us who 
are not affected by that do not know what that would mean to our 
society.

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  We need to be supportive of small family farms. I certainly commend 
my colleagues who have joined with me in supporting this resolution. 
And I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right to object, I 
commend the gentlewoman for sponsoring the bringing to the floor this 
resolution at this time, a resolution that I am pleased to cosponsor.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Peterson of Florida). Is there objection 
to the request of the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate joint resolution as follows:

                             S.J. Res. 171

       Whereas the small family farmer contributes enormously to 
     the agricultural productivity of the United States;
       Whereas the plight of the small family farmer has been in 
     jeopardy in recent times;
       Whereas many small family farms continue to operate in the 
     face of financial and credit difficulties;
       Whereas the size and crop makeup of family farms varies 
     from region to region in the United States; and
       Whereas the small family farm represents the historical 
     foundation of American agriculture: Now, therefore be it
       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That the week 
     of March 20 through March 26, 1994, is designated as ``Small 
     Family Farm Week'', and the President is authorized and 
     requested to issue a proclamation calling on the people of 
     the United States to observe the week with appropriate 
     ceremonies and activities.

  The Senate joint resolution was ordered to be read a third time, was 
read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on 
the table.

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