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3-13-1974

News Release - 1974-03-13

E. De la Garza

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13 March 1974.

WASHINGTON, D C--Rep Kika de la Garza has been appointed by

House Agriculture Committee Chairman WR Poage as a member of an Ad Hoc

Subcommittee to consider legislation extending the Sugar Act, which is

scheduled to expire at the end of this year.

"Since South Texas now has an allocation for the production

of cane sugar, our area has a very direct interest in this legislation,"

Rep de la Garza said. "I welcome the opportunity to serve on this

Ad Hoc committee and feel that Chairman Poage has honored not me as an

individual, but the area which I represent."

The sugar allocation for South Texas was granted last year,

the culmination of many years of effort. The Sugar mill for Texas was

dedicated last November and House Agriculture Committee Chairman IV R Poage

made the dedicating address, having been introduced by Rep de la Garza.

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