[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14767-14768]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL RICE MONTH

  (Mr. CRAWFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CRAWFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight one of my 
favorite months of the year, initiated in 1991 by Congress. September 
is known as National Rice Month.
  With its healthy attributes, it should be no surprise that the 
typical American will consume, on average, 25 pounds of rice this year.
  Mr. Speaker, I represent the largest rice-producing district in all 
of America, and I also am cochairman of the Congressional Rice Caucus. 
I have seen firsthand for several years the hard work that producers in 
the First District of Arkansas put into making a crop year after year 
that feeds not only us here at home, but also feeds countless others 
across the world.
  So, as we stop and consider all the products here at home we have 
come to enjoy that include rice, let us also remember that our rice 
producers will export over 2 million metric tons of rice to markets all 
over the world this year. Our rice producers are feeding us here at 
home, Mr. Speaker, and they are also feeding the world.

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