Rep. Nancy Mace receives Leadership Award from agricultural group

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCIV) — The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) and Competitive Markets Action (CMA) honored Rep. Nancy Mace with the Leadership Award at their 2023 Congressional Awards.

According to a Feb. 21 press release, Mace received the award for her work to reform the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) commodity checkoff programs and to defeat H.R. 4417, the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act.

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"We applaud Rep. Mace for her tireless work, tremendous leadership, and intestinal fortitude in standing up to Chinese interests and multinational conglomerates who continue to further consolidate American agriculture," OCM President Taylor Haynes said in a statement."

"If agriculture committee leaders want to get a farm bill done in 2024, they'd be wise to jettison any language that nullifies state and local agriculture laws and include a provision to reform USDA's swampy checkoff slush funds," he continued in his statement.