[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 8, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2747-S2748]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    SENATE RESOLUTION 196--RECOGNIZING THE AMERICAN PEANUT SHELLERS 
    ASSOCIATION FOR A CENTURY OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN THE PEANUT 
 INDUSTRY AND THE BENEFICIAL WORK OF THE PEANUT INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED 
                    STATES AND THE STATE OF GEORGIA

  Mr. PERDUE (for himself and Mr. Isakson) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 196

       Whereas, in 1917 and 1918, commercial peanut shellers and 
     crushers in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida recognized the need 
     for an organization to promote the peanut industry in the 
     southeastern United States;
       Whereas, to address that need, the Southeastern Peanut 
     Association was chartered on April 5, 1919, with a mission to 
     promote the domestic peanut industry;
       Whereas the Southeastern Peanut Association, now known as 
     the American Peanut Shellers Association--
       (1) is the oldest organized group in the United States 
     dedicated to the promotion of the domestic peanut industry; 
     and
       (2) has been at the forefront of leadership in the peanut 
     industry in the United States for more than a century, 
     promoting that industry in the United States and throughout 
     the world;
       Whereas, in furtherance of the mission to promote the 
     domestic peanut industry, the Southeastern Peanut Association 
     began to cosponsor the USA Peanut Congress, the

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     largest meeting of all elements of the peanut industry in the 
     United States;
       Whereas, in 1986, the Southeastern Peanut Association 
     completed a new headquarters office in Albany, Georgia, after 
     outgrowing a previous office;
       Whereas, in 1993, the name of the Southeastern Peanut 
     Association was changed to the American Peanut Shellers 
     Association, as the mission of the association had expanded 
     throughout the United States;
       Whereas, in 1996, the American Peanut Shellers Association 
     formed The Peanut Institute to promote the nutritional 
     benefits of peanuts;
       Whereas The Peanut Institute has promoted nutritional 
     research through outside universities and other 
     organizations, and that research has verified the outstanding 
     nutritional benefits of peanuts;
       Whereas, on recognizing those nutritional benefits, the 
     Food and Drug Administration, pursuant to the leadership of 
     The Peanut Institute, granted nuts a qualified health claim;
       Whereas the members, committees, and board of the American 
     Peanut Shellers Association work collectively to meet the 
     adopted annual goals of the American Peanut Shellers 
     Association; and
       Whereas, through that collective work, the American Peanut 
     Shellers Association continues to be an effective voice for 
     the promotion of--
       (1) the peanut industry; and
       (2) the nutritional benefits of peanuts: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That the Senate recognizes--
       (1) the American Peanut Shellers Association for a century 
     of effective leadership in the peanut industry; and
       (2) the beneficial work of the peanut industry in--
       (A) the United States; and
       (B) the State of Georgia.

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