[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8695-8696]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

  (Mr. MEADOWS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEADOWS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge the service of 
two men from western North Carolina: John Queen, III, and Don Smart. 
Recently, they were inducted into the Western North Carolina 
Agricultural Hall of Fame.
  As those plaques were put on the wall, it really didn't share the 
entire story, the entire story of who they are and how they serve their 
communities so well, not only in Haywood County but throughout all of 
western North Carolina.
  These two men, whether it was with the National Cattlemen's Beef 
Association, both on the local and national level, or whether it was 
with different

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associations of growers and farmers and the Farm Bureau, as is the case 
with Don Smart, served their community and have made their community 
better.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to not only acknowledge their service but 
also to acknowledge their friendship because they have helped me 
understand the agriculture community in a way that profoundly can only 
be done by those who are in it.
  So, with this, we honor them today and their induction into the 
Western North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame.

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