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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION
CONTACT:
Rhondalee A. Dean-Royce, NCGA, 202-628-7001
July 14, 2004
NCGA Honors Stenholm
with President’s
Award for Support of Corn Growers Issues
WASHINGTON (July 14, 2004) – The National Corn Growers Association
(NCGA) today presented Rep. Charles Stenholm (D-Texas) its prestigious
NCGA President’s Award for his steadfast support and true commitment
to U.S. corn growers.
“Rep. Stenholm was chosen to receive the 2004 President’s
Award because of his bipartisan leadership role in the shaping of today’s
farm bill and farm programs,” said NCGA President Dee Vaughan,
a grower from Dumas, Texas. “His staunch support for corn growers
as well as cotton growers, ranchers and other producers throughout
the U.S. has earned him thanks and respect from all concerned with
U.S. agriculture.”
Stenholm received the award
at NCGA’s Corn Congress, currently
underway in Washington, DC. The agenda involved state delegates storming
the Hill to inform members of Congress and staff on issues important
to corn growers, electing new officers and ratifying the election of
Gerald Tumbleson to first vice president.
"I am extremely honored to receive the President's Award from
the National Corn Growers Association. I appreciate the leadership
that Dee Vaughan has shown during his term as president. I have also
been pleased to support many of the priorities that NCGA members and
staff have advocated for on behalf of America's corn growers,” said
Stenholm. “On top of that list, I was an original cosponsor of
the VEETC legislation introduced in the House, and I supported the
NCGA's efforts to enact a Renewable Fuel Standard for the last several
years.”
“It has been a privilege to work with Rep. Stenholm and the
House Agriculture Committee,” continued Vaughan. “Stenholm
supports common sense regulations and government and, as one of the
few farmers in Congress, his door has always been open to NCGA and
its members.”
Previous recipients of NCGA’s President’s
Award include Leo Liebowitz, chairman and CEO of Getty Petroleum
Marketing, Inc.;
Sens. Kit Bond (R-Mo), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Charles Grassley (R-Iowa),
George Voinovich (R-Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.);
and House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.).
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The National Corn Growers
Association mission is to create and increase opportunities for corn
growers in a changing world and to enhance corn’s
profitability and usage. NCGA represents more than 33,000 members,
25 affiliated state corn grower organizations and hundreds of thousands
of growers who contribute to state checkoff programs.
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