[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2991]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1945
                      A TRIBUTE TO BRADLEY KARMEN

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to 
a truly great public servant. Mr. Bradley Karmen served 41 years at the 
Department of Agriculture, most recently as associate deputy 
administrator of Farm Programs at the Farm Service Agency.
  Put in perspective, President Lincoln established the Department of 
Agriculture in 1862, and Brad Karmen worked there for nearly one-third 
of the Department's entire existence.
  Ironically, Brad is a city kid, having grown up on Long Island. He 
would be the first to tell you he knew nothing about agriculture or the 
Federal farm policy that he would help fashion over the course of 
nearly a half century. It is not an exaggeration to say that no 
regulation cleared the Farm Service Agency or farm law was enacted 
without Brad's careful eye and wise counsel.
  Madam Speaker, I don't know how a Long Island kid with no knowledge 
of agriculture or farm policy came to dedicate his professional career 
to helping the American farmer, but I am sure grateful he did.
  Thank you, Brad, for your distinguished career of public service. 
Godspeed.

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