PRINTER'S NO.
2182
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
314
Session of 2012
INTRODUCED BY VOGEL, SCHWANK, PILEGGI, ALLOWAY, ARGALL, BAKER,BREWSTER, DINNIMAN, EARLL, EICHELBERGER, ERICKSON, FERLO,FONTANA, GORDNER, GREENLEAF, HUGHES, KASUNIC, KITCHEN,MENSCH, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, SOLOBAY, STACK, TARTAGLIONE,WAUGH, D. WHITE, WOZNIAK AND YUDICHAK, MAY 9, 2012INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 9, 2012A RESOLUTIONRecognizing May 15, 2012, as the 150th anniversary of thecreation of the United States Department of Agriculture(USDA) and commending the employees of the USDA for theirstewardship and productivity which is relied upon daily bythe citizens of this Commonwealth.WHEREAS, On May 15, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signedinto law the bill that created the United States Department ofAgriculture; andWHEREAS, The original goal of the USDA was "to acquire and todiffuse among the people of the United States useful informationon subjects connected with agriculture in the most general andcomprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, anddistribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants";andWHEREAS, The mission of the USDA over the past 150 years hasexpanded to encompass food, agriculture, natural resources andother related policy issues while still holding true to itsideal of helping farmers achieve the best product possible with
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