MCCAIN-PALIN 2008 ANNOUNCES FARM & RANCH TEAM NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND RELEASES STATEMENT ON PROSPERITY FOR RURAL AMERICA
ARLINGTON, VA -- Today McCain-Palin 2008 announced the leadership of the McCain-Palin Farm & Ranch Team and released a statement on John McCain's vision for agriculture and rural prosperity. This distinguished team of elected officials and leaders in agriculture share a common goal with John McCain: to provide the leadership necessary to create prosperity in America's rural heartland.
"If you look at the issues that I think are important to agriculture and rural America -- energy, trade, taxes, judges that the next president is likely to appoint, and national security -- John McCain trumps his opponent on every issue," said Charlie Kruse, a fourth-generation farmer from Drexel, Missouri, and Co-Chair of the McCain-Palin Farm & Ranch Team National Steering Committee.
The continuing success of American agriculture and the health of America's rural heartland require a leader who understands that productivity and innovation are created by the effort, ingenuity and investment of individual Americans. As president, John McCain will address the key issues facing agriculture and rural America:
· Establishing a comprehensive energy strategy
· Controlling taxation and regulation
· Judicial restraint and preserving property rights
· Providing a sustainable, market-driven risk management system for farmers
· Promoting agricultural markets and reducing trade barriers
· Improving incentives to invest in technology and rural infrastructure
· Encouraging common-sense conservation and food safety measures
· Securing America's borders and implementing a fair and practical immigration policy
· Recognizing the role of agriculture in national security
· Strengthen America's economic competitiveness by eliminating wasteful government spending
The benefits of American leadership in agriculture extend well beyond our borders -- America's contribution to meeting the food, fiber, feed and energy needs of a growing world population through efficient production and technology innovation are critical to our national security.
MCCAIN-PALIN 2008 FARM & RANCH TEAM NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE*
Co-Chairs
Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture John Block, Illinois
U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, Kansas
U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte, Virginia
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, South Carolina
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, Iowa
Fourth Generation Missouri Farmer Charlie Kruse
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture James Moseley, Indiana
U.S. Representative Adam Putnam, Florida
Steering Committee Members
Minnesota Farm Bureau President Kevin Paap
*Members of the McCain-Palin Farm & Ranch National Steering Committee are endorsing as private citizens and are not acting in an official capacity for their respective organizations.
