PRINTER'S NO. 3537
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
928
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY ZIMMERMAN, BAKER, BOBACK, BRADFORD, CAUSER,
D. COSTA, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, FEE, GIBBONS, GILLEN,
GINGRICH, GREINER, GROVE, HARHAI, HARHART, A. HARRIS,
HENNESSEY, HICKERNELL, PHILLIPS-HILL, M. K. KELLER, KINSEY,
KIRKLAND, LAWRENCE, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MARSICO,
MENTZER, MILLARD, O'NEILL, OBERLANDER, READSHAW, ROSS,
THOMAS, VEREB, WARD, WATSON, WHEELAND AND YOUNGBLOOD,
JUNE 16, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 16, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Farm
Credit System and commending the farmer-owners and the
employees of the Farm Credit System for their continuing
service in meeting the credit, financial services and
educational programming needs of rural and agricultural
communities in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The Farm Credit System was established by Congress
through the Federal Farm Loan Act of 1916 by President Woodrow
Wilson; and
WHEREAS, Recognizing that a prosperous, productive
agricultural sector is essential to a free nation, Congress
declared through the Farm Credit Act of 1971 that the Farm
Credit System be designed as a permanent means to support the
well-being and prosperity of the nation's rural communities and
agricultural producers of all types and sizes; and
WHEREAS, Congress designed the Farm Credit System as a
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