[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 183 (Thursday, December 1, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H8014]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              IN HONOR OF NANCY COOK'S SERVICE TO DELAWARE

  (Mr. CARNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CARNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a remarkable woman 
and to honor her decades of service to the State of Delaware. Former 
State Senator Nancy Cook has been a leader in strengthening Delaware 
agriculture and our economy for the past 40 years.
  Senator Cook has been an irrepressible leader since becoming 
Delaware's first female Democratic senator in 1974. For 36 years, 
Senator Cook served with distinction on the Senate Agriculture 
Committee, where she accomplished so much for Delaware farmers. 
Recently, a legislator remarked that agriculture had no better friend 
in the Delaware Senate than this lady, and I couldn't agree more.
  In 1991 Senator Cook helped create the Aglands Preservation Program, 
which has preserved over 20 percent of Delaware's farm land. In 1999 
she helped establish Delaware's landmark Nutrient Management Program. 
The program is now a role model for the entire region in the effort to 
manage animal waste responsibly and protect precious bays and 
waterways.
  I would like to thank the Delaware Farm Bureau for its decision to 
honor Senator Cook with the Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award, 
and to join the bureau in celebrating an incredible leader for 
Delaware.
  Congratulations to my good friend, Senator Cook.

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