March 24, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 58 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            NATIONAL AG DAY

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, every American is facing a very 
uncertain future that the new virus has brought to our country and to 
the world. Our daily lives have become transformed for right now and 
maybe, to some extent, for a longer period of time.
  Grocery stores have been open--in fact, one of the few businesses 
that need to stay open. While it may shock some living in large cities, 
food does not come from grocery stores; food comes from farms.
  Today, we celebrate National Ag Day. Let me assure you, American 
farmers and ranchers are up to the challenge of producing food to fill 
the shelves of every grocery store and the fridges and cupboards of our 
households. Farmers are only 2 percent of the population, but they will 
provide for the other 98 percent. When you eat today, thank a farmer, 
as I will thank the 88,000 family farmers in Iowa.
  I yield the floor.

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