[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 103 (Thursday, July 3, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1104]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      RECOGNIZING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF PENN STATE COOPERATIVE

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, July 3, 2014

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, one hundred years ago, the Cooperative 
Extension was established by Congress as a nationwide transformational 
education system that would operate through Land-Grant universities. We 
acknowledge the good work of the Penn State Cooperative Extension in 
this anniversary year. This successful program advocates healthful 
lifestyle choices, community vitality and a safe and abundant food 
supply, while dedicated to protecting our natural resources. It engages 
rural and urban learners through practical, community-based and online 
approaches, with topical classes available to children as well as 
adults, such as business, health, family, youth, food, animals, plants, 
pests and master gardener classes. Like all Cooperative Extensions, the 
Penn State Cooperative is funded through the United States Department 
of Agriculture, state and county government. We congratulate the 
Cooperative Extension and its dedicated staff on a century of 
outstanding service to the communities they serve and look forward to 
interesting and exciting programming through the 21st century.

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