[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 25, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H2636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF NORMAN BORLAUG'S BIRTH

  (Mrs. BACHMANN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in celebration of National 
Agriculture Day. But also, today marks the 100th anniversary of the 
birth of a man who literally changed the world. His name is Norman 
Borlaug. He was born in an upstairs bedroom in northeast Iowa 100 years 
ago today. He went to the University of Minnesota, where he received a 
Ph.D. degree in plant biology.
  While he was in a class dealing with plant genetics and the future 
options of increased food production, Norman Borlaug had that moment of 
divine genius. That is when he applied himself to work. And Norman 
Borlaug, because of 6,000 experiments in very difficult terrain, 
created a grain of wheat that literally changed the world.
  Norman Borlaug is rightly credited with saving the lives of over 1 
billion people, 1 billion people on this Earth because he dedicated his 
life and persevered to create strains of wheat which would grow in 
India, Pakistan, Africa, and places that never before could be able to 
uphold a grain of wheat. He did that in East Asia with rice.
  Today we honor and recognize and celebrate the life of one American 
who did so much for 1 billion people across the world.

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