On Thursday, September 12, at 9:30 a.m., Farmers for Free Trade, American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers, U.S. Apple Association, National Milk Producers Federation, U.S. Dairy Export Council, National Association of Wheat Growers, Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. and other American agriculture leaders will join with bipartisan members of Congress to rally for passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
Members of Congress and farm leaders will discuss how USMCA provides farmers with new market access while maintaining the zero-tariff platform they rely on. Rally participants will ask that Congressional leaders move forward with consideration of the agreement without further delay.
WHAT: American Farmers Rally for Passage of USMCA
地点:国家广场的第三街面板,是吗tween the north and south gravel walkways. (West Side of 3rd Street, S.W.)
WHEN: Thursday, September 12th, 2019 at 9:30 AM
WHO:
Rep. Collin Peterson, Chairman, House Agriculture Committee
Rep. Mike Conaway, Ranking Member, House Agriculture Committee
Rep. Kevin Brady, Ranking Member, House Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Henry Cuellar
Rep. Jim Hagedorn
Tom Vilsack, President and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council and former USDA Secretary
Zippy Duvall, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation
Ben Scholz, President of the National Association of Wheat Growers
Blanche Lincoln, Farmers for Free Trade Spokesperson and Former Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman, Host
