[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 126 (Wednesday, September 9, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S9177]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                       50TH ANNIVERSARY OF NASCOE

 Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, this year the National 
Association of Farm Service Agency County Office Employees, NASCOE, is 
celebrating its 50th anniversary. NASCOE was founded in Memphis, TN, in 
1959 in an effort to provide a nationwide association through which 
county committee employees of the Agricultural Stabilization and 
Conservation Service, ASCS, could render better service to American 
agriculture by having a national network for the exchange of ideas and 
information and to facilitate closer cooperation in working toward 
solution of mutual problems.
  In the USDA Reorganization Act of 1994, Congress combined the ASCS, 
the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, and the agricultural lending 
programs of the Farmers Home Administration into a single Farm Service 
Agency. Today, NASCOE continues to represent the county office 
employees of the ``new'' FSA. In Tennessee last year, 250 NASCOE 
employees provided valuable assistance to 90,000 producers through a 
wide range of Federal programs from conservation to price support and 
helped them cope in times of emergency and disaster.
  I think we can all recognize the value of the local Farm Service 
Agency office to farmers and ranchers, and I commend NASCOE on its 
dedication to FSA county employees and the farmers they serve. I 
congratulate NASCOE on its 50th anniversary and hope that they will 
continue to assist in conserving and improving our Nation's natural 
resources and agriculture industry.

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