[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 77 (Tuesday, June 4, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E784]
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                        IN HONOR OF GLORIA HALL

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 4, 2013

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, Bucks County is in the forefront of 
Pennsylvania land preservation because of individual leaders such as 
Gloria Hall, who founded The Friends of the Farmstead in 1986 and 
helped launch the successful, countywide ``Save the Farms'' campaign. 
Since 1989, Bucks County's farmland preservation program has saved 157 
farms and over 14,000 acres. Gloria Hall has inspired farm families -- 
and the greater community -- to safeguard the land for future 
generations. In so doing, she epitomizes environmental stewardship at 
its best and; therefore, is most deserving of the George M. Bush 
Farmland Preservation Award from the Bucks County Conservation District 
and acknowledged by the Bucks County Board of Commissioners on June 5, 
2013. I thank Gloria Hall for her dedicated 25-year effort to save 
Bucks County's farms for future generations.

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