A national farming group this week honored U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill for her ongoing
fight to protect farmers, ranchers, and rural communities.
McCaskill was honored at the Golden Triangle Award
Ceremony for the National Farmers Union, where she accepted the group’s highest
legislative honor awarded to sitting members of Congress in
recognition of her leadership working on behalf of Missouri’s rural
communities.
“Our farmers and ranchers are a critical part of
Missouri’s economy, and I’m proud to fight for their interests,” said McCaskill,
who was born in Rolla. “I plan to continue my fight to promote and protect our
rural heartland.”
The Golden Triangle Award is presented by the National
Farmers Union to members of Congress “in recognition of outstanding leadership
on issues affecting family farmers and rural America.”
McCaskill has made fighting for Missouri’s farmers and
ranchers a top priority, especially during this summer’s period of drought and
hardship in Missouri. She wrote to President Obama and
Senate leaders in August seeking additional emergency aid for Missouri’s
agriculture community, and helped to pass a bipartisan Farm Bill in
the Senate to reauthorize essential livestock disaster assistance programs,
support agriculture jobs, strengthen resources for family farms and ranches, and
reduce the national deficit by more than $23 billion.
McCaskill recently received a letter of support from
Missouri’s top sportsman’s groups for her leadership on the Farm Bill, which
continues to be held up by House Republicans.
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