[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 186 (Thursday, November 9, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                         Tribute to Mark Haney

  Now, Mr. President, on one final matter, hard-working men and women 
in Kentucky have been in the business of growing the food that feeds 
our Nation for centuries. When it comes to supporting these farmers, 
there is no organization that has had a greater impact on the 
agricultural community than the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation.
  Mark Haney, the farm bureau's longest serving president and a proud 
farmer himself, has played an important role in preserving our 
Commonwealth's agricultural heritage and recruiting the next generation 
of young producers. This year, the farm bureau bids Mark a warm 
farewell as he prepares to step down, closing out 15 successful years 
as president and over three decades on the board.
  Nearly 75,000 farms back home help keep dinner plates full all across 
the country, and for the better part of this century, they have trusted 
Mark to lead them through the good times and the bad from adapting to 
ever-evolving redtape from Washington to helping farm families recover 
and rebuild after devastating storms to navigating a once-in-a-
generation pandemic.
  Personally, I have leaned on Mark for his counsel on the challenges 
that face rural America; and having worked with him for decades, I am 
confident this is not our final goodbye. Mark is sure to be an 
invaluable asset to Kentucky's agricultural community and the 
organization he loves well into the future.
  So Elaine and I extend our warm wishes to our good friend Mark and 
his wife, Marlene, on his well-deserved retirement.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.