[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16735]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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           CONGRATULATING STUDENTS AT NATIONAL FFA CONVENTION

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in 
recognition of the students from Pennsylvania participating in this 
week's National Future Farmers of America, or FFA, convention in 
Louisville, Kentucky.
  ``I believe in the future of agriculture.'' Those are the first words 
from the FFA creed. The Pennsylvania group is among 60,000 FFA members 
at this week's convention, participating in a variety of competitions 
and stressing the importance of agriculture to our Nation.
  Among Pennsylvania's State officers attending the convention is Tony 
Rice. Tony is a student at the Pennsylvania State University's main 
campus in Pennsylvania's Fifth Congressional District, and Tony is one 
of 52 national officer candidates traveling to Louisville.
  Each year, six student members are selected as national officers of 
the FFA. These young men and women travel as many as 100,000 miles per 
year, stressing the importance of agriculture, agriculture education, 
and the FFA. Candidates are judged upon their ability to be effective 
communicators and team players.
  Over the past years, Tony Rice has met with more than 12,000 high 
school students to address the important role that agriculture plays in 
Pennsylvania's economy as Pennsylvania's number one industry.
  Now, I not only commend Tony Rice for his dedication to the future of 
this industry but also his fellow FFA members and the educators who 
have helped these young people, who will be the agricultural leaders of 
tomorrow, succeed.

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