[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 163 (Friday, October 14, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING GAR BENNETT, LLC

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                         HON. DAVID G. VALADAO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 14, 2022

  Mr. VALADAO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate GAR Bennett, 
LLC, as they receive the King's County Chamber of Commerce Ag Support 
Business of the Year award.
  In 1929, Lon Bennett founded Bennett and Bennett Irrigation Systems 
in Selma, California. Twenty years later, Gar Tootelian Inc., a crop 
care company, began in Reedley. For decades, these two family-owned 
companies were essential to the success of the Central Valley 
agricultural community. But in 2020, these two Valley institutions 
merged to form GAR Bennett, LLC. Together, they have helped to provide 
countless resources and services to the farmers who feed the world.
  For nearly 100 years, these two family-run businesses have been 
dedicated to the success of our farmers and growers in the Central 
Valley. As they have come together under a single operation, their 
mission of providing quality fertilizers, fertigation, and irrigation 
has never wavered. GAR Bennett continues to expand their resources for 
farmers and growers, such as providing logistical assistance on 
agricultural regulations, deep-well drilling, and many other important 
issues facing farmers today.
  GAR Bennett is critical to providing resources to farmers as well as 
being incredibly involved in the community at large. They regularly 
support multiple local farmers and agricultural advocacy groups and 
help to support our future Ag leaders at local schools like California 
State University Fresno, College of the Sequoias, and Reedley College.
  While their name has changed and the leadership of the companies has 
been passed down to new generations, the mission of GAR Bennett has 
always remained the same--help the farmers who feed the world. These 
two families have helped to make the Central Valley agriculture 
community what it is today, and I cannot think of a more deserving 
recipient of recognition.
  I ask my colleagues in the House of Representatives to join me in 
congratulating GAR Bennett, LLC for their decades of service to the 
Central Valley and for being named the Ag Support Business of the Year.

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