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Congressional Dairy Farmer Caucus revived

A group of Congressmen from both sides of the aisle are reforming and restarting the Congressional Dairy Farmer Caucus. The group has four co-chairs; Joe Courtney of Connecticut, Peter Welch of Vermont, Devin Nunes of California and Tim Walz of Minnesota. There are four vice-chairs as well; Tom Petri of Wisconsin, Tom Rooney of Florida, Chris Lee of New York and Harry Teague of New Mexico.

A Congressional caucus is formed to provide a platform for issues, these representatives say they will work with dairy industry leaders to formulate a solution to the current dairy crisis and make sure other members of Congress understand why those solutions are needed.

The Dairy Farmer Caucus was originally established in 2006 but expired with the end of the 110th Congress in January. It was revived and officially registered with the House today. So far, more than 50 Congressional Representatives have signed-on.

Michael Arcuri Member NY-24
Tammy Baldwin Member WI-2
Roscoe Bartlett Member MD-6
John Boccieri Member OH-16
Leonard Boswell Member IA-3
Allen Boyd Member FL-2
Henry Brown Member SC-1
Dave Camp Member MI-4
Dennis Cardoza Member CA-18
Chris Carney Member PA-10
Mike Conaway Member TX-11
Joe Courtney Co-Chair CT-2
Kathy Dahlkemper Member PA-3
Rosa DeLauro Member CT-3
John Hall Member NY-19
Wally Herger Member CA-2
Brian Higgins Member NY-27
Maurice Hinchey Member NY-22
Paul Hodes Member NH-2
Steve Kagen Member WI-8
Ron Kind Member WI-3
Rick Larsen Member WA-2
Chris Lee Vice Chair NY-26
Ben Ray Lujan Member NM-3
Dan Maffei Member NY-25
Betsy Markey Member CO-4
Eric Massa Member NY-29
Michael Michaud Member ME-2
Walt Minnick Member ID-1
Chris Murphy Member CT-5
Scott Murphy Member NY-20
Devin Nunes Co-Chair CA-21
John Olver Member MA-1
Tom Perriello Member VA-5
Thomas Petri Vice Chair WI-6
Chellie Pingree Member ME-1
Adam Putnam Member FL-12
Ciro Rodriguez Member TX-23
Thomas Rooney Vice Chair FL-16
Mark Schauer Member MI-7
Joe Sestak Member PA-7
Bill Shuster Member PA-9
Mike Simpson Member ID-2
Louise Slaughter Member NY-28
Harry Teague Vice Chair NM-2
Glenn Thompson Member PA-5
Paul Tonko Member NY-21
Timothy Walz Co-Chair MN-1
Peter Welch Co-Chair VT-AT LARGE
Lynn Woolsey Member CA-6
Ann Kirkpatrick Member AZ-1
Carol Shea-Porter Member NH-1
Blaine Luetkemeyer Member MO-9
Jim Oberstar Member MN-8
Mike Rogers Member MI-8
Kurt Scrader Member OR-5

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