[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 15063-15064]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING THE MEMORY OF SENATOR GEORGE McGOVERN OF SOUTH DAKOTA

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                         HON. LAURA RICHARDSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, November 2, 2012

  Ms. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commemorate the life and 
achievements of Senator McGovern. On October 21, 2012, Senator McGovern 
passed away at a hospice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; he was 90 years 
old.
  Mr. Speaker, the death of Senator McGovern is a great loss for our 
nation. George McGovern was a brave veteran who survived 35 missions as 
a B-24 bomber pilot during the Second World War. The hero was 
recognized and decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross for safely 
landing his damaged B-24.
  Senator McGovern was a dedicated public servant who served three 
terms as a senator for the state of South Dakota. He made tremendous 
and long-lived contributions to his state, to our nation, and to the 
world.
  As the Democratic Presidential candidate in the 1972 election, 
Senator McGovern helped launch the political careers of many including 
President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Senator 
McGovern's role as chair of the McGovern Commission resulted in many 
important reforms that laid the foundation of the modern Democratic 
Party.
  Mr. Speaker, Senator McGovern's lasting legacy was as the leading 
champion in the fight to end world hunger. He served as the United 
States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and 
Agriculture for three years and crossed party lines to work with 
Senator Robert Dole to create the George McGovern-Robert Dole 
International Food for Education and Nutrition Program. Since 2001, the 
``Food for Peace'' program has supported projects in 44 countries. 
Today, it continues to support projects in 36 countries. The program

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provides about $100 million annually to support commodity, 
transportation, and implementation costs that allow organizations to 
implement 10-15 projects using donations of around 90,000 metric tons 
of U.S. farm commodities.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in a moment of silence to honor the 
memory of Senator George McGovern of South Dakota.

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