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On the recordFebruary 3, 2016
first of all, I am privileged and honored to commend Zippy Duvall, a great Georgian who just a few weeks ago was elected, in the 97th year of the American Farm Bureau, as its 12th president. Zippy has been the president of the Georgia Farm Bureau since 2006. He has been a leader in our State for decades, and I am so proud he will now represent agriculture throughout our country. He himself is a cattleman. He raises hay. He raises broilers. He has run the Farm Bureau and been a great advocate for agriculture and farming in our State. He and his wife Bonnie have four children and three grandchildren. He serves on the Farmers Bank board. He serves as the president of the Georgia Farm Bureau. He serves on the local electric membership corporation board. He serves on the soil and water conservation board. He is a total public servant, and he is an outstanding advocate for agriculture and an outstanding representative of our State. The best example of Zippy Duvall that I know is, if you ride through South Georgia--the heart of agriculture country in my State--and you look at all the bumper stickers on all the pickup trucks, you will see a unique bumper sticker--not mine, not a Member of Congress's, not the Governor's, but a bumper sticker that says very simply ``Ditch the Rule.'' Zippy Duvall was one of the leaders in our country who took on the EPA to stop from going into place the waters of the U.S.A.…
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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