[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19076]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU 
                               FEDERATION

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of and the Senate 
now proceed to S. Res. 574.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 574) recognizing the North Carolina 
     Farm Bureau Federation on the occasion of its 70th 
     anniversary and saluting the outstanding service of its 
     members and staff on behalf of the agricultural community and 
     the people of North Carolina.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider 
be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 574) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 574

       Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation was 
     founded on March 2, 1936, in Greenville, North Carolina, 
     during the Great Depression, a period of national frustration 
     and economic disaster;
       Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation was 
     established to organize North Carolina's farm families and to 
     maximize their ability to engage in national, State, and 
     local policy debates that affect North Carolina agriculture;
       Whereas at its first annual meeting in Raleigh, North 
     Carolina, on July 30, 1936, the North Carolina Farm Bureau 
     Federation had slightly over 2,000 members from 24 counties;
       Whereas in 2005, the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation 
     was composed of approximately 490,000 member families from 
     all 100 counties of North Carolina, making it the second 
     largest State farm bureau in the United States;
       Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation created a 
     Women's Program in 1942 and a Young Farmer and Rancher 
     Program in the 1970s to encourage leadership development 
     among its members;
       Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation is 
     committed to advancing agricultural education in North 
     Carolina through its R. Flake Shaw Scholarship Fund, 
     established in 1958, and the Institute for Future 
     Agricultural Leaders, founded in 1984, which help ensure that 
     the young men and women of North Carolina are well prepared 
     for careers in agriculture;
       Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation created 
     and continues to sponsor the Ag-In-The-Classroom initiative 
     to introduce children to North Carolina agriculture and to 
     improve the quality of teachers in North Carolina schools;
       Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation's 
     visionary Board of Directors developed numerous initiatives 
     that enable farmers to effectively produce and sell their 
     products, such as the organization's marketing program, and 
     that provide farmers with access to necessary farm resources, 
     such as the tires, batteries, and accessories service;
       Whereas in 1953, the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation 
     founded the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation Mutual 
     Insurance Company, which is North Carolina's largest domestic 
     insurance company;
       Whereas the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Farm 
     Bureau Federation Mutual Insurance Company is composed 
     entirely of farmers; and
       Whereas the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation is a true 
     grassroots organization dedicated to ensuring that 
     agriculture remains North Carolina's number 1 industry 
     through the organization's unique policy development process 
     and active legislative and regulatory advocacy programs: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate recognizes the North Carolina 
     Farm Bureau Federation on the occasion of its 70th 
     anniversary and salutes the outstanding service of its 
     members and staff on behalf of the agricultural community and 
     the people of North Carolina.

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