Get to Know Ag's Champions in Congress Part 1: The Four Corners

  • PCG Past President Brent Nelson, Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), PCG Director of Communications Kara Bishop, PCCA President and CEO Kevin Brinkley. (Photo Courtsey of Plains Cotton Growers)
    PCG Past President Brent Nelson, Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), PCG Director of Communications Kara Bishop, PCCA President and CEO Kevin Brinkley. (Photo Courtsey of Plains Cotton Growers)
  • PCG CEO Kody Bessent and PCG President Travis Mires attend a fundraiser for House Ag Chairman Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.) with Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), at the Four Sixes Ranch in Guthrie, Texas. (Photo Courtesy of Plains Cotton Growers)
    PCG CEO Kody Bessent and PCG President Travis Mires attend a fundraiser for House Ag Chairman Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.) with Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), at the Four Sixes Ranch in Guthrie, Texas. (Photo Courtesy of Plains Cotton Growers)

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    Editor’s Note: We are introducing a short series of articles in the next few issues of Cotton News detailing the Representatives and Senators serving on the House Agriculture Committee, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, the House Ag Appropriations and Senate Ag Appropriations Subcommittees.

    This issue will feature the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House Agriculture Committee and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry — commonly referred to as the “Four Corners.”

    Part 1: The Four Corners Sen. John Boozman (R-AR), Senate Ag Committee Chair Background

    • Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010

    • Fifth-generation Arkansan

    • Played football for the University of Arkansas

    • Entered private practice as an optometrist with his brother

    • Established the low vision program at the Arkansas School for the Blind in Little Rock, Arkansas

    • Volunteer optometrist at an area clinic that provides medical services to low-income families

    • Successfully raised Polled Herefords with his children

    Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (RPA), House Ag Committee Chair Background

    • Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008

    • PCG wrote a story on Thompson in 2022.

    • Credits former West Texas Rep. Mike Conaway for teaching him about cotton’s importance to the agriculture industry

    Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN), House Ag Committee Ranking Member Background

    • Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018

    • Born and raised in Arkansas – moved to Minnesota in 2005

    • Worked as a reporter and in human resources and communications • Member of the Minnesota party affiliate Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

    • Replaced Rep. David Scott (DGA) as the Ranking Member of the House Ag Committee for the 119th Congress

    Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senate Ag Committee Ranking Member Background

    • Elected to the U.S. Senate in 2007

    • Partner at two Minneapolis law firms before being elected county attorney of Hennepin County

    • Member of the Minnesota party affiliate Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party