[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA

  (Mr. WESTERMAN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and celebrate 
the extraordinary accomplishments of various student members of 
Arkansas' Future Farmers of America. As their Congressman and as a past 
State FFA president, I am very proud of their achievements.
  During the 88th National FFA Convention, Hermitage High School 
students were announced as the winning team of the National FFA 
Livestock Evaluation Event.
  Ms. Taylor McNeel, an agricultural business major at Southern 
Arkansas University, was also named the 2015-2016 National FFA 
president. As president, Ms. McNeel will travel more than 100,000 miles 
to further the FFA mission of advancing agricultural literacy and 
preparing future generations for the challenges of feeding a growing 
population.
  I congratulate these Fourth District students and applaud their 
inspiring efforts to serve others and hold true to the best traditions 
of our national life.

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