{"id":6058,"date":"2023-10-25T15:36:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T19:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalpotatocouncil.org\/?p=6058"},"modified":"2023-10-25T15:37:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T19:37:32","slug":"national-potato-council-welcomes-mike-johnson-as-house-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalpotatocouncil.org\/national-potato-council-welcomes-mike-johnson-as-house-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"National Potato Council Welcomes Mike Johnson as House Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014<\/strong> The National Potato Council (NPC) welcomed today\u2019s election of Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCongratulations to Speaker Johnson,\u201d said NPC\u2019s 2023 President RJ Andrus of Idaho. \u201cWe are excited that the House can return to its important work. Speaker Johnson\u2019s encouraging statements about the Farm Bill and restarting the appropriations process are positive signs for America\u2019s potato growers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n NPC, which represents the interests of U.S. potato growers on federal legislative, regulatory, environmental and trade issues, is committed to working with Congress to advance a bipartisan Farm Bill that invests in the competitiveness and sustainability of U.S. potato growers and the entire the U.S. specialty crop industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 The National Potato Council (NPC) welcomed today\u2019s election of Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. \u201cCongratulations to Speaker Johnson,\u201d said NPC\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n