JUST IN: Every Female Senator Joins Ernst, Smith Resolution Designating Today National Women in Agriculture Day
Ernst and Smith are pushing the Senate to unanimously adopt their bipartisan measure that would make today, March 24, a national day honoring “the countless women who help agriculture prosper both at home and abroad.”
WASHINGTON—During Women’s History Month and National Agriculture Week, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.)—both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee—have just received the support of every single female senator for their resolution designating today, March 24, as “National Women in Agriculture Day” to honor “the countless women who help agriculture prosper both at home and abroad.”
Today, the senators are pushing the Senate to unanimously adopt their bipartisan measure, a process known as “hotlining.”
The senators introduced the resolution earlier this week. Now, their bipartisan resolution has the support of every female senator and a total of 59 cosponsors.
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