Many members of the agricultural community have fond memories of former Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS), who passed away Sunday at the age of 98. Here’s mine.
In 2008, Dole was honored with the World Food Prize, along with former Democrat Sen. George McGovern, for their work in creating the McGovern-Dole international school-feeding program. They both remind us of a time when people in Congress worked together for the good of the people, no matter what their political parties were.
Both of the senators took questions from the media at the World Food Prize on a variety of topics ranging from funding for the school lunch program, to biofuels, to the world financial situation. Sen. Dole quipped during their conversation on Wednesday night that “two losers finally won something” referring to the fact that both ran unsuccessful bids for the White House.
Listen to that press conference here:
2008 World Food Prize press conf