[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 201 (Monday, November 30, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            NATIONAL THANKSGIVING TURKEY PARDONING CEREMONY

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, like many Iowans, for the first time in 
my life, I wasn't able to share a meal with my family this 
Thanksgiving. That doesn't keep me from being thankful for the 
essential workers of our country who have also missed many Thanksgiving 
meals. Still, these essential workers provide and continue to provide 
for and keep our country safe.
  An essential job that often gets overlooked is that of the 86,000 
Iowa farm families who produce the food that we consume on Thanksgiving 
and the 364 days out of the rest of the year. That is why I am proud to 
see Ron and Susie Kardel from Walcott, IA, get well-deserved 
recognition this past week. You see, Ron and Susie, along with their 
two turkeys, Corn and Cob, participated in a time-honored White House 
tradition. That tradition is the National Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning 
Ceremony at the White House. This ceremony helps connect the dots for 
many Americans, showing them that the food they put on the Thanksgiving 
table isn't grown in a grocery store.
  So I want to thank Ron, Susie, and President Trump for highlighting 
Iowa agriculture this Thanksgiving. In a year that has been so very 
difficult for most Americans, it is nice to see traditions like this 
carried on.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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