[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 204 (Thursday, December 3, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H6137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        RECOGNIZING JIMMY DODSON

  (Mr. CONAWAY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Speaker, it is with great respect and honor that I 
rise today to recognize Jimmy Dodson as he completes his term as the 
chair of the Farm Credit Council Board of Directors.
  Jimmy is a third-generation farmer, and he grows cotton, corn, wheat, 
milo, and operates a seed sales business near Robstown, Texas, where he 
and his wife, Barbara, live today.
  Jimmy is a great leader in the cotton industry, as the past chair of 
the National Cotton Council of America, the American Cotton Producers, 
and the Cotton Foundation. He is a founding member of Cotton LEADS, the 
cotton industry's sustainability program, and a member of the boards of 
Cotton Incorporated, the Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council, and 
the Gulf Coast Cooperative. He was one of the first farm leaders to 
visit China to work to expand U.S. ag exports into that country.
  He is also a great leader within the cooperative Farm Credit System, 
which he first joined in 1974. Jimmy was first elected by his fellow 
south Texas farmers to represent them on the board of the Coastal Bend 
Production Credit Association in February 1982. Jimmy went on to become 
a lifelong board member of the Farm Credit Bank of Texas, where he 
serves today as board chair and oversees efforts to support farmers in 
Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. This year, 
Jimmy will complete his term as board chair of the Farm Credit Council, 
where he has led efforts to support farmers and farm families across 
the United States.
  Jimmy Dodson has devoted his life to agriculture, and our Nation's 
farm families have benefited tremendously from his efforts. On behalf 
of the U.S. House of Representatives and the House Agriculture 
Committee, I extend my deepest gratitude to Jimmy for his tireless 
efforts and his tireless support of American farmers and ranchers. I 
wish him the very best as he continues his lifelong service to Texas 
and U.S. agriculture.

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