Congressional Farmer Cooperative Caucus

NCFC Position: Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), Co-Chair Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Co-Chair Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA), Co-Chair Senator John Thune (R-SD), Co-Chair House (34): Senate (14): Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL) Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN) Senator Michael Crapo (R-ID) Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) Rep. Gregorio Sablan (D-MP) Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Rep. Michael Simpson (R-ID) Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) Senator Michael Enzi (R-WY) Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR) Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Rep. Abby Finkenauer (D-IA) Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX) Senator Michael Rounds (R-SD) Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH) Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) Senator John Thune (R-SD) Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) Rep. Steve King (R-IA) Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA) Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA) Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK) Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) Rep. Roger Marshall (R-KS) Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA)

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES 50 F Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 | (202) 626-8700 www.ncfc.org | facebook: www.facebook.com/FarmerCoop | twitter: @FarmerCoop Congressional Farmer Cooperative Caucus

I. Purpose: Provide a forum for Members of Congress interested in working together in support of public policy and programs to protect and enhance the ability of farmers to join together to form cooperative associations to improve their income from the marketplace, manage risk, and strengthen their bargaining power, allowing individual producers to better compete globally.

II. Goals: Promote greater awareness and understanding of farmer cooperatives and their importance as a proven tool to help individual family farmers and ranchers through the ups and downs of weather, commodity markets, and technological change and provide timely analysis and other information on economic and market trends, including existing and proposed laws and regulations impacting farmer cooperatives and the ability of farmer to form cooperative associations.

III. Membership: Bicameral and bipartisan.

IV. Officers: Co-Chair: Senator Amy Klobuchar Co-Chair: Senator John Thune Co-Chair: Representative Sam Graves Co-Chair: Representative Jim Costa

V. Designated Employee(s): Brian Werner (Office of Senator Klobuchar) (202) 224-3244 Lynn Tjeerdsma (Office of Senator Thune) (202) 224-2321 Meghan Schmidtlein (Office of Representative Graves) (202) 225-7041 Ben Goldeen (Office of Representative Costa) (202) 225-3341

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES 50 F Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 | (202) 626-8700 www.ncfc.org | facebook: www.facebook.com/FarmerCoop | twitter: @FarmerCoop