[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 146 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1434]
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                          TRIBUTE TO SARA ROSS

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 6, 2015

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Sara Ross of Minden, Iowa, for being selected as the 
Midwest Farm Mom of the Year. Sara grew up in a small rural community 
in Nebraska, but she did not grow up on a farm. When Sara married her 
husband Kevin, a sixth-generation Iowa farmer, she took it upon herself 
to learn the farm business.
  The criteria used in selecting the ``Farm Mom of the Year'' by the 
American Agri-Women, a national coalition of farm, ranch, and 
agribusiness women, is based on support for family and commitment to 
agriculture. Sara's commitment is evident through her blog about farm 
life, her involvement in volunteer farm organizations, and her 
international work, including traveling to China to teach women there 
about U.S. agriculture and soybean production.
  Mr. Speaker, I applaud and congratulate Sara for her leadership in 
the agriculture community in Pottawattamie County, the State of Iowa, 
and with international partners. Sara's hard work and dedication to her 
family and farm represents our Iowa values, and I am proud to represent 
her in the United States Congress. I know that my colleagues in the 
United States House of Representatives will join me in congratulating 
Sara and in wishing her and her family nothing but the best.

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