[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 30, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H2864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRATULATING DEERE AND COMPANY FOR RANKING FOURTH IN ``100 BEST 
                          CORPORATE CITIZENS''

  (Mr. BRALEY of Iowa asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BRALEY of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Deere 
and Company for placing 4th among more than 1,000 companies in the 
annual ``100 Best Corporate Citizens'' list, compiled by CRO magazine. 
I'm proud to represent John Deere facilities located in Waterloo, 
Dubuque, and the Quad Cities in my district.
  John Deere has a long history in Iowa. Iowa farmers were using John 
Deere plows to break the prairie in 1837 before Iowa even became a 
State. In 1918, John Deere purchased the Waterloo Gasoline Engine 
Company which transformed the company into a national leader for farm 
machine production. In fact, the ``Waterloo Boy'' tractor is displayed 
at the Smithsonian. In the 1940s, Deere expanded by building an 
industrial equipment factory in Dubuque.
  John Deere is the world's leading manufacturer of agricultural and 
forestry equipment and today employs around 47,000 people worldwide, 
and nearly 10,000 of them are in my district. I'm proud to have such a 
John Deere presence in my district, and I'm pleased that the company 
scored high in the areas of climate change, human rights, and 
philanthropy. I commend Deere and Company for all it has done in Iowa 
and the country.
  Go green or go home.

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