[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 7045-7046]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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 SENATE RESOLUTION 114--RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCERS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION ON THE OCCASION OF 
                        NATIONAL AGRICULTURE DAY

  Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Specter) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry:

                              S. Res. 114

       Whereas National Agriculture Day is an annual celebration 
     during which government agencies, community members, and 
     agricultural groups work with agricultural producers to honor 
     the importance of the agriculture industry;
       Whereas agriculture is a pillar of the economy of the 
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and many other States across the 
     country;
       Whereas agriculture is the number one industry in 
     Pennsylvania and has contributed more than $45,000,000,000 to 
     the economy of the Commonwealth;
       Whereas agricultural producers in Pennsylvania export a 
     considerable amount of food and agricultural and forest 
     products, earning more than $1,500,000,000 annually in 
     profits;
       Whereas dairy cattle from Pennsylvania are used as breeding 
     stock in a number of countries around the world;
       Whereas Pennsylvania is the home of over 58,000 farms, 
     covering more than 7,700,000 acres of land;
       Whereas Pennsylvania is a leading producer of mushrooms, 
     eggs, pumpkins, apples, grapes, freestone peaches, ice cream, 
     milk cows, chickens, and other agricultural products and 
     livestock;
       Whereas each agricultural producer in the United States 
     feeds more than 144 people and Pennsylvania's agricultural 
     producers are responsible for feeding more than 8,000,000 
     mouths worldwide;
       Whereas agricultural producers in Pennsylvania and 
     throughout the Nation provide the people of the United States 
     with food, clothes, and many other staples; and
       Whereas the contribution of agricultural producers in 
     Pennsylvania and throughout the United States should be 
     honored with highest praise and respect: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes--
       (A) that agriculture is the number one industry in 
     Pennsylvania;
       (B) the outstanding contribution of Pennsylvania's 
     agricultural producers to the economy of the Commonwealth and 
     the Nation; and
       (C) that agriculture in Pennsylvania is diverse and 
     provides important nutrition to the people of the United 
     States; and

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       (2) pays tribute to agriculture and agricultural producers 
     in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States on the 
     occasion of National Agriculture Day.

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