AFBF Urging Vote On Gorsuch

Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch won Senate Judiciary Committee approval on an expected party-line vote Monday, though a huge procedural fight remains in the full Senate.  Last week, the American Farm Bureau Federation sent the Senate a letter of support for Neil Gorsuch.  AFBF general counsel Ellen Steen said AFBF is urging a swift confirmation to allow the Supreme Court to move forward.

“And we have a fantastically qualified nominee who has been forward by the President, and we need this seat filled.  There’s important work that needs to happen in the Supreme Court work, that matters to farmers and ranchers and all Americans and that work needs to move forward.”

Steen noted future considerations by the Supreme Court important to American agriculture include issues related to WOTUS and critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act.

“And we need somebody who is going to interpret the law as Congress wrote it, and not allow the agencies run rough shod as the sometimes do over those laws.  So, I just hope people will get engaged and tell their senators this needs to happen.”

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