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Minnesota Representative Angie Craig spoke this week with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and shared her ag priorities for the 117th Congress. Minnesota Farmers Union members met earlier with Craig and many of their suggestions are in her recommendations. Farmers Union Director of Government Relations Stu Lourey says the CFAP 3 program Secretary Vilsack rolled out has many of the Congresswoman’s priorities.
He says MFU and Representative Craig also want expanded markets and a strong safety net in place to help farmers and ranchers going forward.
Lourey says another important ag priority of the administration centers around infrastructure and the President’s plan. He says infrastructure is critical for agriculture both in Minnesota and across the country.
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New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who won her re-election bid after she defeated Republican challenger John Cummings by a considerably large margin last month
, had to face defeat in a race for a seat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee as her Democratic colleagues voted mainly for fellow NY Representative Kathleen Rice in a secret ballot.
According to a report in Politico on Thursday, December 17, the two Demoratic Congresswomen were battling behind the scenes for weeks to secure one of the few open seats on the powerful House committee that oversees everything from issues like healthcare and climate. Tensions over the race were plainly visible in a private meeting of the Steering and Policy Committee on Thursday, December 17, where the Dems were forced to choose between the two women leaders in a “tense and awkward” secret ballot vote, the report added.