Jerry Moran: “tonight I join the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Pomeroy) and my other cochairs, the gentlewoman from North Carolina…”

“tonight I join the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Pomeroy) and my other cochairs, the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Mrs. Clayton) and the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. Emerson), as we celebrate today the coming together of about 212 Members of Congress, both Republicans and Democrats, to revitalize the Congressional Rural Caucus. Last year the four of us came together with this common goal: to speak out for rural America and to find ways that we could do that here in the United States Congress. Today, we have celebrated the hard work and our ability to bring us all together for a united voice for rural America. Our jobs as Members of the Congressional Rural Caucus, and we would enjoin any of our colleagues to continue to join us in this pursuit, is to promote economic and social policies that support and help the continued viability of our rural communities. In many instances throughout my home State of Kansas, our rural communities continue to struggle.”