[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 159 (Wednesday, September 26, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H9082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          NATIONAL RICE MONTH

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, this week, I joined rice farmers in 
Crowley, Louisiana, the rice capital of the world, to recognize 
National Rice Month.
  With more rice mills per square mile than anywhere else in America, 
the small town of Crowley was a fitting place to celebrate the 
beginning of the harvest for American-grown rice. Rice is a part of our 
Southern culture and is a major agricultural commodity for Louisiana.
  There are more than 400,000 rice acres in Louisiana, generating over 
$700 million in economic output each year, supporting many thousands of 
Louisiana jobs. Rice farmers and farm families are solid Americans, and 
south Louisiana would not be what it is without rice.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be a strong advocate of American rice, and 
I commend the nearly 125,000 Americans who work to provide this 
quality, nutritious crop to our Nation and the world.

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