On the recordOctober 3, 2002
I want to talk today about a word called ``irony.'' Webster's dictionary says irony is when there is an incongruity between the actual and the expected result of events. Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, we have a prime case of this in my State. The people who have produced food for all of us in this country for our whole lives, farmers and ranchers, are now having a hard time affording food themselves. The very hard-working people who made this country the breadbasket of the world now cannot afford bread themselves. That is a pretty good example of an irony; is it not? It is also a good example of a cruel irony. Mr. Speaker, I implore the Members of this House to finally hear our plea for assistance for drought-stricken farmers and ranchers, and quickly pass an agriculture disaster assistance package for crop years 2001 and 2002.
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