[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 136 (Monday, September 26, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: September 26, 1994]
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        TRUMAN LAMB, JR., OUTSTANDING COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENT

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                            HON. JOHN BRYANT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 26, 1994

  Mr. BRYANT. Mr. Speaker, it is with pleasure and a great degree of 
pride that I draw your attention to the annual meeting of the National 
Association of County Agricultural Agents to be held in Casper, WY from 
Monday through Thursday, September 26-29, 1994.
  Our Nation and those nations dependent on Americans farmers for 
supplementing their food supply owe a debt of gratitude to the 
dedicated professionals who are literally out in the field, working 
beside the American farmer to produce, faster and cheaper, more and 
better crops.
  In my home State of Texas, county agricultural extensions agents 
answer many needs, from landscape and lawn adviser in urban areas to 
soil and crop expert in rural areas. They know their advice can be the 
difference between a family farm providing crops and livelihoods for 
families or turning into unproductive land while its former owners move 
to the city and hope for a job in a service-related field.
  One Texas county agent who has made a difference for the better--and 
I'm proud he is a constituent of mine--is Truman Lamb, Jr. of 
Fairfield, the Freestone County agricultural agent. When he and his 
peers from throughout the country gather in Casper this week, Mr. Lamb 
will be recognized as one of only four winners of the Achievement Award 
from Texas.
  The Achievement Award is a national award presented annually to 
country agricultural extension agents with less than 10 years of 
service who have excelled in their profession. Each recipient is 
selected by his colleagues based on outstanding professional growth, 
program effectiveness, leadership ability, and civic and community 
involvement.
  Mr. Lamb has been Freestone County agricultural extension agent for 6 
years, following 4 years with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service 
in Anderson County, which is also in my district. His educational and 
professional background have blended with his personal commitment to 
bring outstanding service and results to the residents of our area.
  Mr. Lamb has spent most of his life in east and central east Texas. 
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Truman Lamb, Sr. of Kennard in Houston County, 
TX, he was active in 4-H, Future Farmers of America, and athletics in 
high school, while helping out on the family farm--where he gained 
firsthand knowledge of the challenges America's family farmers face 
every day of every year.
  He attended Henderson County Junior College in Athens, TX, an 
institution now known as Trinity Valley Community College, and received 
his bachelor's degree in agriculture from Sam Houston State University 
in Huntsville. Mr. Lamb has since done graduate work at both Sam 
Houston State and Prairie View A&M University.
  He worked with Rollins Environmental Service in Deer Park, Vulcraft 
in Grapeland, and the Texas Department of Corrections in Huntsville 
prior to joining the Extension Service.
  Mr. Speaker, I join Truman Lamb, Jr.'s wife, Debra, his 12-year-old 
son Kyle, the remainder of his family, his colleagues in the field 
working for the American farmer, and his many friends in extending 
thanks for a job well done and congratulations on receiving the richly 
deserved Achievement Award.

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