Political Quotes

“the agricultural community in Alabama and throughout the Southeast have not had a more forceful and competent representative than Richard G. ``Dick'' Fifield. For 20 years, this loyal friend to has done an outstanding job of directing the Washington legislative operations of the Alabama Farmers Federation--widely known as ALFA--as the organization's official liaison to Congress. Dick will be retiring from his position as ALFA's Director of National Affairs and Research on March 1, 1996, and will be sorely missed by all of us who have been fortunate enough to know him and work with him over the years. As a long-time member of the Senate's Agriculture Committee, I have had the pleasure of working with Dick Fifield on a great number of issues that are important to American farmers, especially those in the South. The major legislation on which we have worked includes the peanut program; the Food and Agriculture Act of 1981; the Food Security Act of 1985; and the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990. The peanut, cotton, soybean, dairy, cattle, hog, poultry, and catfish programs have his fingerprints all over them. In each case, Dick's counsel, insight, ingenuity, and strong leadership have contributed not only to their passage and enactment into law, but to their overall success during their implementation phase. He has indeed been my mentor and teacher. Practically all of my knowledge about American agriculture has come from him.”