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PIA Urges Protection of Crop Insurance During Budget and Appropriations Process

On By Jon Gentile, Vice President, Government Relations

This week PIA, along with a coalition of crop insurance stakeholders, sent Congress and the administration letters urging them to protect crop insurance from funding cuts in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget and appropriations process. The letters were addressed to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and the leaders of the House and Senate Budget and Appropriations committees. Despite the critical role …

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118th Congress Begins Amid Leadership Uncertainty

On By Jon Gentile, Vice President, Government Relations

The 118th Congress begins today, January 3rd, 2023, bringing divided leadership to Washington, D.C. The Republican party is now in control of the U.S. House of Representatives, which is made up of 222 Republicans and 212 Democrats (and one vacancy). The U.S. Senate will continue to be led by the Democratic party, which has 48 Senate …

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Member Spotlight: Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE)

On By Marc Martinez

Senator Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) is on her second term in the Senate where she was first elected in 2012 after serving in the state legislature. She spent 8 years in the state legislature where she chaired the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee and was a member of several others. Before her stint in the state legislature, …

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Omnibus Heads to Biden’s Desk for Signature

On By Lauren Pachman, Counsel & Director of Regulatory Affairs

The federal government is currently on the precipice of finalizing a sweeping, $1.7 trillion omnibus funding package, just in time to prevent a looming government shutdown, which would have begun at midnight tonight. Funding the government through the end of the current fiscal year was the final item on the 117th Congress’s agenda. The omnibus …

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PIA-Supported Crop Provisions Included in Omnibus 

On By Jon Gentile, Vice President, Government Relations

The deal to fund the federal government beyond its current expiration date of December 23, 2022, to September 30, 2023 was released this morning and includes PIA-supported crop insurance provisions, just  weeks after PIA crop insurance agents came to Washington, D.C. to promote them.   Throughout the fall, PIA aggressively advocated in favor of the inclusion …

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PIA Agents Fly in to Advocate on Crop Insurance

On By Jon Gentile, Vice President, Government Relations

A few of the participants outside the office of Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) This week, crop insurance agents from PIA affiliates from North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Minnesota came to Washington, D.C. to advocate on a variety of issues related to the federal crop insurance program.   Crop insurance provides our nation’s farmers with the …

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Busy Lame Duck Session Ahead in Congress

On By Jon Gentile, Vice President, Government Relations

Now that the midterm election results are in, and the majority parties of both the Senate and House for the next Congress are known, Congress has returned for a lame-duck session with a long to-do list before the 117th Congress ends on January 3, 2023.    PIA is engaged with Congress on several issues in …

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PIA Action Alert: Ask Congress to Provide Inflation Relief for Crop Agents

On By Jon Gentile, Vice President, Government Relations

The agricultural economy has experienced extraordinary volatility over the past few years, and it has been worsened by the pandemic, which caused additional instability across economic sectors. During this time of unprecedented upheaval for producers, independent insurance agents have helped guide producers through the process of purchasing crop insurance to ensure they have the protection …

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Member Spotlight: Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS)

On By Jon Gentile, Vice President, Government Relations

Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) was elected to the United States Senate in 2020. He previously served two terms in the House. Prior to his career in politics, Sen. Marshall practiced medicine for more than 25 years and served in the Army Reserves for seven years. During his time in medicine, he was a business owner of …

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Member Spotlight: Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)

On By Jon Gentile, Vice President, Government Relations

John Boozman was elected to the United States Senate in 2010. Prior to serving in the Senate, he represented the people of the Third District of Arkansas in the U.S. House of Representatives for eight years. Before his service in Congress, Sen. Boozman was an optometrist, owning a private practice with his brother. Sen. Boozman attended …

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