[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9583-9584]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WORLD FOOD PRIZE DAY

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 363 which was 
submitted earlier today by Senators Coleman and Dayton.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant journal clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 363) designating October 16, 2004, as 
     ``World Food Prize Day.''

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, and any statements relating to this matter be 
printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 363) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.

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  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 363

       Whereas Dr. Norman E. Borlaug founded the World Food Prize 
     Foundation, an organization that honors people who have 
     improved the quantity and quality of food worldwide;
       Whereas Dr. Borlaug received his bachelor of science degree 
     in forestry and his master's and doctorate degrees in plant 
     pathology from the University of Minnesota;
       Whereas Dr. Borlaug has received over 35 honorary doctorate 
     degrees from institutions in the United States and abroad;
       Whereas Dr. Borlaug is hailed as the ``Father of the Green 
     Revolution'' for developing strains of high-yield, disease-
     resistant wheat that have increased food production and 
     helped feed the hungry;
       Whereas Dr. Borlaug received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 
     for expanding food production, reversing food shortages in 
     India and Pakistan, and feeding hundreds of millions of 
     people throughout the world;
       Whereas Dr. Borlaug received the National Academy of 
     Science's highest honor, the Public Welfare Medal, in 2002 
     for his work to fight hunger; and
       Whereas Dr. Borlaug is believed to have saved more lives 
     than any other person who has ever lived, thanks to his 
     decades-long crusade to deliver millions from starvation and 
     human suffering: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates October 16, 2004, as ``World Food Prize 
     Day''; and
       (2) commends the contributions made to the disciplines of 
     agriculture and science toward the goal of eliminating world 
     hunger.

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