Wisconsin Ag Connection - Rep. Ribble to Meet with Voters About Rising Gas Prices

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Rep. Ribble to Meet with Voters About Rising Gas Prices
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 05/13/2011

Wisconsin's only member of the House Agriculture Committee in Washington will be meeting with constituents on Monday at an Appleton-area gas station to pump gas and talk to commuters about what Congress can do to take action to confront rising gas prices. Reid Ribble will be at the Kwik Trip store, located on the corner of Highway 41 and College Avenue from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Meanwhile, Ribble's committee held a public hearing on Thursday to examine the three pending free trade agreements between the U.S. and Colombia, Panama, and South Korea, and the issues surrounding their implementation. It has been nearly four years since the agreements were signed and delays to implement them are costing the U.S. in market share and access to foreign competitors.

Panel members say agriculture stands to benefit significantly from expanding exports because it is one of the most trade-dependent industries in the U.S. today. The agreements are worth more than $2.5 billion in new market access for American agricultural exports. U.S. agricultural exports currently support nearly 900,000 jobs. For every dollar of goods exported, another $1.48 is created in activities such as processing, finance, shipping, and packaging of agricultural goods.

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