Leaders of the Senate Ag Committee are urging U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to quickly address Russia’s new ban on U.S. beef, poultry and turkey which would cost the U.S. economy 600-million dollars a year.
The Senators who signed the letter include:
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Mike Johanns (R-NE); Mark Udall (D-CO); Sherrod Brown (D-OH); Al Franken (D-MN); Tim Johnson (D-SD); Pat Roberts (R-KS); Claire McCaskill (D-MO); Tom Harkin (D-IA); John Boozman (R-AR); Deb Fischer (R-NE); John Cornyn (R-TX); Kay Hagan (D-NC); John Thune (R-SD); Roger Wicker (R-MS); Lamar Alexander (R-TN); Mark Pryor (D-AR); Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND); Saxby Chambliss (R-GA); Michael Bennet (D-CO); Jerry Moran (R-KS); Mike Enzi (R-WY); Rob Portman (R-OH); Jim Inhofe (R-OK); Dan Coats (R-IN); John Isakson (R-GA); John Hoeven (R-ND); Richard Burr (R-NC); Roy Blunt (R-MO); and Joe Donnelly (D-IN)]