Source: United States Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Tina Smith (R-MN) in calling for Thursday, March 24, to be designated as “National Women in Agriculture Day.” The bipartisan resolution is supported by 55 senators.
“National Women in Agriculture Day recognizes agriculture as one of the most impactful industries of the United States, and acknowledges the countless women who help agriculture prosper both at home and abroad,” states the resolution.
“Women are vital in fostering the next generation of the agricultural workforce by promoting STEM and agricultural education and entrepreneurial and community initiatives and by serving as mentors for 4-H, FFA, the Cooperative Extension System, and numerous postsecondary agricultural science educator programs,” continues the resolution.
Click here to read the resolution.
Senators Cramer, Ernst, and Smith are joined by Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Patty Murray (D-WA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Boozman (R-AR), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Mike Braun (R-IN), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), John Thune (R-SD), Roger Marshall (R-KS), John Hoeven (R-ND), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Jerry Moran (R-KS), James Risch (R-ID), Jon Tester (D-MT), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mike Rounds (R-SD), John Kennedy (R-LA), Lindsay Graham (R-SC), Tim Scott (R-SC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Angus King (I-ME), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Roger Wicker (R-MS), John Barrasso (R-WY), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Ben Cardin (D-MD).