Johnny Isakson, United States Senator from Georgia


Friday, December 18, 2009 U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Floor Statement on Bill Bolling Remarks as Delivered on the Senate Floor Mr. President, it is Christmas. We are all here in Washington working. Our troops are working for us around the world, in Afghanistan and in Iraq. There are a lot of other soldiers who have been working very hard this past year, the soldiers who support the Feed the Hungry programs and the community food banks all over the United States of America. In Atlanta, GA, our State, there has been an award sponsored by Atlanta Gas Light for many years, called the ``Shining Light award.'' The award is that a gas light is installed somewhere in Atlanta to pay tribute to an individual who has made a historic contribution to the community and for the betterment of mankind--people such as former President Jimmy Carter, such as Ambassador Andrew Young, such as the founder and the gem of our State, S. Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-Fil-A. This year, the award has been named and will be given to Bill Bolling. Bill Bolling runs the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Bill Bolling, this year, will oversee the distribution of 20 million pounds of food to 800 nonprofit agencies to feed citizens of our State. It is his 29th year in building the Atlanta Community Food Bank into one of the finest facilities in our country. Bill Bolling is an unselfish, untiring, honorable man of our community, who unselfishly gives of his time to see to it that others in pain and in hunger have food, support, and nourishment. In this Christmas season of 2009, on the floor of the Senate, I pay tribute to Bill Bolling for his unselfish contribution to our State and to those less fortunate. But, equally, I do the same for those around the country who, in this difficult time of recession and this wonderful time of holiday, see to it that those who have little have food and those who have hunger have some nourishment, and see to it that America is what it always has been: a giving and compassionate country on behalf of its people.
E-mail: http://isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm Washington: United States Senate, 120 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 Tel: (202) 224-3643 Fax: (202) 228-0724 Atlanta: One Overton Park, 3625 Cumberland Blvd, Suite 970, Atlanta, GA 30339 Tel: (770) 661-0999 Fax: (770) 661-0768

Friday, December 18, 2009

U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Floor Statement on Bill Bolling
Remarks as Delivered on the Senate Floor

Mr. President, it is Christmas. We are all here in Washington working. Our troops are working for us around the world, in Afghanistan and in Iraq. There are a lot of other soldiers who have been working very hard this past year, the soldiers who support the Feed the Hungry programs and the community food banks all over the United States of America.

In Atlanta, GA, our State, there has been an award sponsored by Atlanta Gas Light for many years, called the ``Shining Light award.'' The award is that a gas light is installed somewhere in Atlanta to pay tribute to an individual who has made a historic contribution to the community and for the betterment of mankind--people such as former President Jimmy Carter, such as Ambassador Andrew Young, such as the founder and the gem of our State, S. Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-Fil-A.

This year, the award has been named and will be given to Bill Bolling. Bill Bolling runs the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Bill Bolling, this year, will oversee the distribution of 20 million pounds of food to 800 nonprofit agencies to feed citizens of our State. It is his 29th year in building the Atlanta Community Food Bank into one of the finest facilities in our country.

Bill Bolling is an unselfish, untiring, honorable man of our community, who unselfishly gives of his time to see to it that others in pain and in hunger have food, support, and nourishment.

In this Christmas season of 2009, on the floor of the Senate, I pay tribute to Bill Bolling for his unselfish contribution to our State and to those less fortunate. But, equally, I do the same for those around the country who, in this difficult time of recession and this wonderful time of holiday, see to it that those who have little have food and those who have hunger have some nourishment, and see to it that America is what it always has been: a giving and compassionate country on behalf of its people.

E-mail: http://isakson.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Washington: United States Senate, 120 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Tel: (202) 224-3643 Fax: (202) 228-0724
Atlanta: One Overton Park, 3625 Cumberland Blvd, Suite 970, Atlanta, GA 30339
Tel: (770) 661-0999 Fax: (770) 661-0768