,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #aif  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #h1  
#bjai,mr4 ,perdue 7for himself and ,mr4 
,isakson7 submitted the following       
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,recognizing   
the ,american ,peanut ,shellers         
,association for a century of effective 
leadership in the peanut industry and   
the beneficial work of the peanut       
industry in the ,united ,states and the 
,state of ,georgia4  ,whereas1 in #aiag 
and #aiah1 commercial peanut shellers   
and crushers in ,georgia1 ,alabama1 and 
,florida recognized the need for an     
organization to promote the peanut      
industry in the southeastern ,united    
,states2 ,whereas1 to address that need1
 the ,southeastern ,peanut ,association 
was chartered on ,april #e1 #aiai1 with 
a mission to promote the domestic peanut
 industry2 ,whereas the ,southeastern   
,peanut ,association1 now known as the  
,american ,peanut ,shellers             

,association-- 7#a7 is the oldest       
organized group in the ,united ,states  
dedicated to the promotion of the       
domestic peanut industry2 and  7#b7 has 
been at the forefront of leadership in  
the peanut industry in the ,united      
,states for more than a century1        
promoting that industry in the ,united  
,states and throughout the world2       
,whereas1 in furtherance of the mission 
to promote the domestic peanut industry1
 the ,southeastern ,peanut ,association 
began to cosponsor the ,,usa ,peanut    
,congress1 the largest meeting of all   
elements of the peanut industry in the  
,united ,states2 ,whereas1 in #aihf1 the
 ,southeastern ,peanut ,association     
completed a new headquarters office in  
,albany1 ,georgia1 after outgrowing a   
previous office2 ,whereas1 in #aiic1 the
 name of the ,southeastern ,peanut      
,association was changed to the         
,american ,peanut ,shellers             
,association1 as the mission of the     
association had expanded throughout the 

,united ,states2 ,whereas1 in #aiif1 the
 ,american ,peanut ,shellers            
,association formed ,the ,peanut        
,institute to promote the nutritional   
benefits of peanuts2 ,whereas ,the      
,peanut ,institute has promoted         
nutritional research through outside    
universities and other organizations1   
and that research has verified the      
outstanding nutritional benefits of     
peanuts2 ,whereas1 on recognizing those 
nutritional benefits1 the ,food and     
,drug ,administration1 pursuant to the  
leadership of ,the ,peanut ,institute1  
granted nuts a qualified health claim2  
,whereas the members1 committees1 and   
board of the ,american ,peanut ,shellers
 ,association work collectively to meet 
the adopted annual goals of the         
,american ,peanut ,shellers             
,association2 and ,whereas1 through that
 collective work1 the ,american ,peanut 
,shellers ,association continues to be  
an effective voice for the promotion    
of-- 7#a7 the peanut industry2 and  7#b7

 the nutritional benefits of peanuts3   
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the       
,senate recognizes-- 7#a7 the ,american 
,peanut ,shellers ,association for a    
century of effective leadership in the  
peanut industry2 and  7#b7 the          
beneficial work of the peanut industry  
in-- 7,a7 the ,united ,states2 and  7,b7
 the ,state of ,georgia4