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HR 3098- A Measure to Help Ag Producers More Easily Market Their Crop
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:13:22 CDT
It was all about keeping HR 3098 visible- and moving forward. That apparently was the reason for the Congressional Forum that Congresswoman Mary Fallin and Congressman Dan Boren co-hosted on Thursday in the Blue Room at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City.
This session was less formal than an actual field hearing of the Transportation Committee that Fallin is a member of- but both lawmakers took the opportunity to beat the drum for the measure which would mandate that a commercial vehicle would be no smaller than 26,001 pounds under Federal rules. They heard from Gary Ridley of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, from a pair of Highway Patrolmen, from Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Mike Spradling, State Secretary of Agriculture Terry Peach and State lawmaker Don Armes, who is currently the Chairman of the House Ag Subcommittee in the Legislature, as well as a member of the House Transportation Committee.
The lawmakers also had a quick lesson in why 26,001 pounds is a good start, but still falls short of the size of trucks and the weights that many farmers are dealing with as they work on positioning their crops for the most attractive market- that tutoring came from Bob Howard, a farmer from northwest Oklahoma.
We have a special audio overview of the HR 3098 issue- and how these two lawmakers hope to turn an idea that came from a Town Hall meeting conducted by Dan Boren in Miami, Oklahoma into law. Audio comments come from Boren, Fallin, Spradling and Howard.
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