[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 178 (Thursday, November 17, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6768-S6769]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU
FEDERATION
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of
S. Res. 800 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A resolution (S. Res. 800) celebrating the 100th
anniversary of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation.
There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the
Senate proceeded to consider the resolution.
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the
resolution be agreed to; the Hyde-Smith amendment at the desk to the
preamble be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and the
motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with
no intervening action or debate.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The resolution (S. Res. 800) was agreed to.
The amendment (No. 6484) to the preamble was agreed to, as follows:
(Purpose: To amend the preamble)
In the second clause of the preamble, strike ``lobbying''
and insert ``advocacy''.
The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
The resolution, with its preamble, as amended, reads as follows:
S. Res. 800
Whereas the American Farm Bureau was created in 1919 to
disseminate college research results to farmers;
Whereas, since 1919, the American Farm Bureau has since
grown into one of the strongest advocacy organizations in the
United States, with 6,000,000 members and affiliated services
and member benefits that include highly respected insurance
companies;
Whereas the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation was
officially chartered on October 30, 1922, in Jackson,
Mississippi, as a proud state affiliate of the American Farm
Bureau;
Whereas C.L. Neill of Jones County was elected as the first
president of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation;
Whereas the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation is a strong
voice of agriculture for farmers, ranchers, and rural
Mississippians;
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Whereas the mission of the Mississippi Farm Bureau
Federation is to create an environment in which Mississippi
farmers, ranchers, and Farm Bureau members can have a better
life and make a better living; and
Whereas October 30, 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of
the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate--
(1) celebrates October 30, 2022, as the 100th anniversary
of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; and
(2) commemorates the history, effective advocacy, and
contributions to agriculture in Mississippi of the
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation.
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