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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 39 

Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the American Farm Bureau Federation 

and celebrating the long history of the American Farm Bureau Federation representing the farmers of the United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 31, 2019 

Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. 

BARRASSO, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 

CARPER, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. 

COTTON, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. DAINES, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. ENZI, Ms. 

ERNST, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. 

HYDE-SMITH, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. JONES, Mr. 

KENNEDY, Mr. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. MERKLEY, 

Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. RISCH, Mr. 

ROBERTS, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. SMITH, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. 

THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WARNER, Mr. WICKER, and 

Ms. STABENOW) submitted the following resolution; which was considered 

and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the American Farm 

Bureau Federation and celebrating the long history of 

the American Farm Bureau Federation representing the 

farmers of the United States. 

Whereas, on November 12, 1919, a group of farmers met in 

Chicago, Illinois, to found the American Farm Bureau 

Federation, with the goal of ‘‘making the business of 


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farming more profitable and the community a better 

place to live’’; 

Whereas James Howard, the first president of the American 

Farm Bureau Federation, said in 1920, ‘‘What’s good for 

the farmers is good for America’’; 

Whereas, with State farm bureaus in all 50 States and Puerto Rico, 2,800 county farm bureaus, and 6,000,000 member families, the American Farm Bureau Federation is 

one of the largest farmer organizations in the United 

States; 

Whereas the mission of the American Farm Bureau Federation is to ‘‘enhance and strengthen the lives of rural 

Americans and to build strong, prosperous agricultural 

communities’’; 

Whereas the American Farm Bureau Federation fulfills its 

mission— 

(1) by representing farm and ranch families united 

for the purpose of formulating action to improve the 

rural United States; 

(2) by supporting educational improvement, economic opportunity, and social advancement; and 

(3) by promoting the well-being of the people of the 

United States; 

Whereas the American Farm Bureau Federation has represented the interests of farmers with respect to the consideration and enactment of all major legislation impacting farmers since the founding of the American Farm 

Bureau Federation; and 

Whereas the American Farm Bureau Federation plays a vital 

role in promoting the well-being of the people of the 

United States— 


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(1) by analyzing the problems faced by farm and 

ranch families; and 

(2) by formulating action to achieve the goals of 

farm and ranch families: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 

3 American Farm Bureau Federation; 

4 (2) recognizes the American Farm Bureau Fed5 eration for 100 years of promoting farm and ranch 

6 interests for the benefit of the people of the United 

7 States; and 

8 (3) applauds the American Farm Bureau Fed9 eration for its past, present, and future efforts to 

10 advocate for farm interests that are critical to the 

11 United States. 

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