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“CELEBRATING NATIONAL MILK DAY” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the in the House section section on page H165 on Jan. 11.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
CELEBRATING NATIONAL MILK DAY
(Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate National Milk Day.
Today is a great day to raise a glass of milk in honor of our dairy farmers, who work 24/7 to bring fresh, nutritious, and delicious milk to our tables every single day.
We celebrate National Milk Day on January 11 because on this day in 1878 milk was delivered in sterilized glass bottles for the first time.
I am proud to come from a long line of dairy farmers. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Pennsylvania has 500,000 cows producing more than 10.2 billion pounds of milk annually.
The Keystone State ranks seventh in milk production in the country, and Pennsylvania is also second nationally in the number of dairy farms, with 6,200 farms across the Commonwealth.
Agriculture is the number one industry in Pennsylvania, with the Pennsylvania dairy industry providing 52,000 jobs and generating $14.7 billion in annual revenue.
Madam Speaker, please join me in celebrating National Milk Day and thanking our dairy farm families for their continued efforts to provide us with such a delicious and nutritious treat.
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