[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 156 (Tuesday, October 16, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2151]
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                     RECOGNITION OF WORLD FOOD DAY

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                        HON. LEONARD L. BOSWELL

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 16, 2007

  Mr. BOSWELL. Madam Speaker, today we celebrate World Food Day, a day 
to focus on global food security. In the city of Des Moines, a very 
significant observance of World Food Day will take place--the first 
Iowa Hunger Summit. Representatives from many hunger fighting 
organizations from across America will join hundreds of Iowans in a 
day-long focus on increasing efforts to eliminate malnutrition, poverty 
and human suffering.
  This event will be the first of a week-long series of World Food 
Prize programs and events that will draw individuals from more than 60 
countries for an in-depth discussion of the global challenges facing 
biofuels and biorenewable energy.
  Joining all of these events will be Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, the Nobel 
Peace Prize laureate and Congressional Gold Medal recipient, who is 
credited with saving a billion lives through the green revolution. Dr. 
Borlaug is an Iowa native and the founder of the World Food Prize, who 
returns each October to his home state to present the $250,000 award 
which has become known as the Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture.
  I am very pleased that Iowa's Governor, Chet Culver and our three 
immediate past governors Robert D. Ray, Terry Branstad, and Thomas 
Vilsack plan to attend the summit. I am proud to see our Iowa 
leadership come together for such a worthy common cause--ending world 
hunger.
  That was why I was so pleased to join with other members of the Iowa 
Congressional Delegation as we worked to get Dr. Borlaug the 
Congressional Gold Medal, America's highest civilian honor.
  I ask members of both parties to join with me in a World Food Day 
commitment to help reduce hunger both at home and abroad. In doing so, 
we will be honoring Dr. Borlaug's legacy and supporting the important 
work that is taking place at the Iowa Hunger Summit in Des Moines.

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