Doyle Rahjes eloquently described the very special and personal stake Kansans have in the democratic and economic development of Russia and Ukraine. noting that. Much of our wheat and other agricultural heritage came to Kansas from Russia and Ukraine more than 100 years ago during the mass migrations of Mennonite and Roman Catholic families. One cannot help but be excited to consider the irony of those descendants helping the immigrants homeland finally transcend toward a democratic system of government. Mr. Speaker. what the innovative CNAA Volunteer Program has doneenabled the Kansas Farm Bureau to partner with farm leaders in Rostov and Kherson oblasts to help them create the infrastructure of democracy and develop sustainable free marketbased agriculture economicsthis initiative can and should be duplicated by other private Amer(""05 0 -07 Vol. 119 (IN. 9) 43
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