[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 41 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H1012-H1013]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    McCLAIN STANDS WITH THE FARMERS

  (Mrs. McCLAIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. McCLAIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the thankless 
few, the ones who wake up each morning at

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the crack of dawn, rain or shine, and simply go to work. Those 
thankless few are our farmers.
  We are great at thanking our first responders, nurses, firefighters, 
and police officers, as we should, but how often do we thank our 
farmers? American farmers are the backbone of this Nation, and we often 
take them for granted.
  Regardless of the lack of gratitude we show them, the same farmers 
get up and do it over and over again, day after day, just to keep this 
country going.
  I encourage everyone to stop and think about where their food comes 
from and give thanks to the relentless farmers who keep us fed.
  Today, and every day, I say thank you to the farmers.

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